שִׁוִּיתִי | Shiviti by Mashiaḥ Asgari (ca. late 19th – early 20th c. Herat, Afghanistan)

A digital reproduction of a Shiviti held in the Royal Library of Denmark’s Simonsen Manuscripts Collection. . . .

Categories: Art & Craft, Shiviti

Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., meditation, Psalms 67, שויתי shiviti

Contributor(s): Andrew Meit and Mashiaḥ Asgari

שִׁוִּיתִי | Shiviti: perceiving the world as an expression of divine Oneness

Given that the Torah forbids impressing our imaginations with illustrations of the divine, some other method is necessary to perceive divine Oneness. One method is found in the verse in Psalms 16:8, “I have set YHVH before me at all times.” . . .

Categories: Art & Craft, Birkhot haTorah, Shiviti

Tags: meditation, Openers, שויתי shiviti

Contributor(s): Andrew Meit and Aharon N. Varady

Shiviti (scalable vector graphic) art, by Yaakov Love

A shiviti rendered in scalable vector graphic format (SVG) with each textual source linked. . . .

Categories: Art & Craft, Shiviti

Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., meditation, Psalms 16, Psalms 67, שויתי shiviti

Contributor(s): Ya'akov Love

Stable Link: https://opensiddur.org/index.php?cat=3672

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Shiviti by Mashiaḥ Asgari (held in The Royal Library of Denmark David Simonsen Manuscripts Collection) - black letters on white background. Digital restoration by Andrew Meit. (Landscape with transparency set by ANV)

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ויהי נעם אדני אלהינו עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננה עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננהו "May the pleasantness of אדֹני our elo’ah be upon us; may our handiwork be established for us — our handiwork, may it be established." –Psalms 90:17

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