This is the last post on my 2012 residency at
URJ Camp Newman! The campers in the Hagigah
yetzirah (major) had time for one last project — a group
mezuzah, to which everyone would contribute. (A
mezuzah
is traditionally a small box attached to the inside of a doorway of
one's house; ours, becing a papercut, will be placed next to a doorway
at camp.) They took turns picking a spot on the oversized sheet of
watercolor stock, drawing in a design (some chose to include parts of
their
mizrach or
midrash projects, while others came up with new imagery to use), cutting it out, and backing it with colored papers and comics. In the center is a shin, behind which is the
klaf text inside every mezuzah (paragraphs of the Shema and V'ahavta prayers).
Last, I am pleased to share another
mezuzah — another
group project, created on Faculty Art Night by the faculty and staff at
camp while we were there (instituted by my wife, who was Faculty Dean this year for our session).
Rabbis, educators, medical staff, artists,
spouses, and other camp adults contributed in the same way the campers
did — but we did it all in a couple of hours one night after the campers
went to bed. Here are some shots of the group at work...
...and voila — the final faculty/staff
mezuzah!
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