Simu Lev El Haneshamah Tallit
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Description
This tallit's design is based on the 16th-century North African piyut (liturgical poem) “Odeh LaEl / Simu Lev El Haneshamah.” The poet, R. Shma’ya Kosson, reminds us that every morning offers a new chance to examine our souls and rediscover the jewels within, that might have become hidden during the long night. Perhaps, like people made in God’s image, those opals and amethysts are also rough and unfinished on the edges, clinging to one another while reflecting the light that illuminates their search.
An excerpt of the poem’s text flows down both sides of the tallit:
Pay heed, pay heed to your own soul:
Opal, amethyst and gold,
As bright as is the sun’s warm glow,
Far brighter than the morning!
I thank God who probes all hearts
When stars sing in the morning.
- Handmade in the USA
- 72" x 24" (shawl-style fit)
- Medium-weight twill fabric with satin trim
- Includes a printed, zippered tallit bag (machine-washable)
About the brand
Goren Judaica is the studio of New York designer Harriet R. Goren, whose tallitot turn favorite Hebrew prayers and psalms into painted color.
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About the brand
Goren Judaica
Goren Judaica is the studio of New York designer Harriet R. Goren, whose tallitot turn favorite Hebrew prayers and psalms into painted color.
- Based in
- New York, NY
- Since
- 2011
- Craft
- Printed and hand-sewn tallitot
Goren Judaica is the work of Harriet R. Goren, a New York graphic designer who turns Hebrew liturgy into tallitot. She was an undergraduate painting major at Yale, where she also sang in choirs, and spent her career in identity, print and web design before starting Goren Judaica in 2011.
The spark came from synagogue. Reconnecting with Jewish life through a lively congregation, she trained to chant Torah and began experimenting with Hebrew letterforms and color. She combines hand-drawn lettering with digital paint, has the artwork printed on fabric, then sews the shawls and ties the tzitzit herself. The words aren't always meant to be read literally; she tries to capture through shape and gesture how she experiences the texts. Several of her designs grew from the stained-glass windows, tiles and organ pipes of B'nai Jeshurun in Manhattan.
Wearing a tallit, she says, "feels like being wrapped in comfort and safety, and helps me pray more honestly." Her work has appeared in the Women of Reform Judaism calendar and in American Guild of Judaic Art exhibitions. She also makes art prints and challah covers.
Good to know
- EducationPainting major, Yale
- ExhibitionsAmerican Guild of Judaic Art (2017–2018)
- PublicationWomen of Reform Judaism calendar, 2014–2015
