Guy's Album

In my last post I showed you the artwork I created for Guy's Bar Mitzvah. His parents asked me to make a guest book for the celebrations too. The album/guest book I put together had the same illustration of Guy on the cover as the rest of the items printed for his Bar Mitzvah. It shows him wearing his blue Rangers shirt and his black rimmed glasses. He has a golf club in one hand (swung behind him) and a microphone in the other. An Xbox and controller are to his left, and over his shoulder is a fast car. Apparently Guy is pretty keen on Jaguars. The dark blue lettering displays his name in both English and Hebrew and the word Bar Mitzvah in English only.

There is a tallit in two corners of the cover. A Jewish boy who has reached the age of 13 wears a tallit (the large sheet-like fringed prayer shawl) for morning prayer, during the week, as well as on Shabbat and other holy days. Guy's new tallit has different shades of blue stripes on it and so I tried to match the colours to the photo Mum sent me.

Inside the album I decorated several pages with a blue striped tallit, and a small illustration featuring Guy's various hobbies. The opening page featured a prickly purple thistle, the floral emblem of Scotland (Guy's Dad is from Glasgow), above.

Next I crafted a small microphone and added some music notes to represent Guy's love of singing and performing. The following page featured a fast car once again. A tiny Xbox and controller came after. Finally, instead of adding another gold club, the last page featured a golf ball and tee, with a little yellow flagstick fluttering in the distance.

I was delighted to be able to celebrate Guy's Bar Mitzvah with him here in Israel and was happy to see his album being circulated at the evening celebration, for all his family and friends to write a greeting in. Filled with special messages and good wishes for Guy, I hope this album becomes something that he will treasure in years to come.

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