Portable Ark, “All Jews are Responsible for Each Other”

Portable Ark, “All Jews are Responsible for Each Other” Bab. Talmud (Shevuot 39a) is illustrated with a sheaf of wheat, since the individual stalks can stand only if they are bound together in harmony. Wheat, being one of the seven species mentioned in the Torah, is especially evocative of the Land of Israel and its abundance.

Detail of Portable Ark.