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D YAEL BERNHARD
© 2018 D.YAEL BERNHARD
Ruach Elohim ACRYLIC ON HAN DMADE WATE RCOLOR PAPE R , 2018 ALL ARTWORK © DURGA YAEL BERNHARD
In the beginning, before even light and dark are created, Ruach Elohim, the spirit of the Eternal, moves across the formless depth of existence. Impossible to def ine, this inef fable wind, as the word
means in Hebrew, is thought to be the breath of life that animates ever y living creature. In this painting, it is imagined as a force that uncoils from itself, gathering light in the form of colors. At the
same time, this mysterious ruach is a rippling current that infuses the world with t’shuvah, the power of redemption that is thought to precede Creation.

‫אלול תשעייח — תשרי תשעייט‬

September 2018 Elul 5778-Tishrei 5779
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday

AUGUST 2018
1 2 3 4
OCTOBER 2018
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 21 ELUL

Parashat
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Ki Tavo
Want to read more about this picture?
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ‫כי תבוא‬
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Visit dyaelbernhard.com/bookblog/stories-pictures-5779
26 27 28 29 30 31 28 29 30 31 ‫ליל סליחות‬ 8:13p
Leil Selichot Havdalah

2 22 ELUL
3
23 ELUL
4
24 ELUL
5
25 ELUL
6
26 ELUL
7
27 ELUL
8
28 ELUL

Parashat
Nitzavim
‫נצבים‬
6:59p
candle 8:02p
Labor Day lighting Havdalah

9 29 ELUL
10 1 TISHREI
5779 11 2 TISHREI
12 3 TISHREI
13 4 TISHREI
14 5 TISHREI
15 6 TISHREI

Parashat
Vayeilech
‫וילך‬

6:56p 7:58p 6:47p

‫ערב ראש השנה‬ candle ‫ראש השנה יום אי‬ candle ‫ראש השנה יום בי‬ 7:56p ‫צום גדליה‬ candle Shabbat Shuva 7:50p
Erev Rosh Hashana lighting Rosh Hashana 5779 lighting Rosh Hashana II Havdalah Tzom Gedaliah lighting ‫שבת שובה‬ Havdalah

16 7 TISHREI
17 8 TISHREI
18 9 TISHREI
19 10 TISHREI
20 11 TISHREI
21 12 TISHREI
22 13 TISHREI

Parashat
Ha’Azinu
‫האזינו‬
6:41p 6:36p
‫ערב יום כפור‬ candle ‫יום כפור‬ 7:43p candle 7:38p
Erev Yom Kippur lighting Yom Kippur Havdalah lighting Havdalah

23 14 TISHREI
6:32p 6:20p
24 15 TISHREI
25 16 TISHREI
26 17 TISHREI
27 18 TISHREI
28 19 TISHREI
29 20 TISHREI

Autumn candle Torah reading:

candle
Equinox lighting lighting Exodus 33:12-34:26
‫ערב סוכות‬ ‫סוכות יום זי‬ Numbers 29:26-31
Erev Sukkot 7
Hoshana Rabah 6:24p
Sukkot 7:35p
21 TISHREI 30 ‫סוכות יום אי‬
Sukkot 1
candle
lighting
‫סוכות יום בי‬
Sukkot 2
7:33p
Havdalah
‫סוכות יום גי‬
Sukkot 3
‫סוכות יום די‬
Sukkot 4
‫סוכות יום הי‬
Sukkot 5
candle
lighting
‫סוכות יום וי‬
Sukkot 6
7:26p
Havdalah
© 2018 D.YAEL BERNHARD
The Birth of Seth ACRYLIC ON HAN DMADE WATE RCOLOR PAPE R , 2018
Af ter the death of Abel and the banishment of Cain, the f irst Torah por tion, B’reishit, tells of the bir th of Seth. As in many ancient stories, the third child is a child of consolation, who sets right the
wrongs that have preceded him. Pronounced “ Shet” in Hebrew, the word means “placed”, for Seth replaces the two sons that have been tragically lost to the unsolvable conf lict between farmer and shep-
herd, between town dweller and wilderness wanderer. This third child transcends the dualism that brings about destruction. Like a gif t from God, only a new bir th can heal the bereaved parents, Adam and
Eve – and renew their hope for future generations. Many Biblical scholars believe it is Seth who becomes the progenitor of the line that
leads to Jacob and the twelve tribes of Israel. ‫חשון תשעייט‬-‫תשרי‬
October 2018 Tishrei-Cheshvan 5779
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday

1 22 TISHREI
2 23 TISHREI
3 24 TISHREI
4 25 TISHREI
5 26 TISHREI
6 27 TISHREI
Parashat
B’reishit
‫בראשית‬

7:23p 6:12p
‫שמיני עצרת‬ candle ‫שמחת תורה‬ 7:21p candle 7:15p
Shmini Atzeret lighting Simchat Torah Havdalah lighting Havdalah

7 28 TISHREI
8 29 TISHREI
9 30 TISHREI
10 1 CHESHVAN
11 2 CHESHVAN
12 3 CHESHVAN
13 4 CHESHVAN

Parashat
Noach
‫נח‬

6:02p 7:05p 6:01p

‫ראש חדש חשון‬ ‫ראש חדש חשון‬ candle candle candle 7:04p
Columbus Day Rosh Chodesh Rosh Chodesh lighting lighting lighting Havdalah

14 5 CHESHVAN
15 6 CHESHVAN
16 7 CHESHVAN
17 8 CHESHVAN
18 9 CHESHVAN
19 10 CHESHVAN
20 11 CHESHVAN
Parashat
Lech-Lecha
‫לך לך‬
5:51p
candle 6:53p
lighting Havdalah

21 12 CHESHVAN
22 13 CHESHVAN
23 14 CHESHVAN
24 15 CHESHVAN
25 16 CHESHVAN
26 17 CHESHVAN
27 18 CHESHVAN

Parashat
Vayera
‫וירא‬

5:41p
candle 6:44p
lighting Havdalah

28 19 CHESHVAN
29 20 CHESHVAN
30 21 CHESHVAN
31 22 CHESHVAN
SEPTEMBER 2018
1
NOVEMBER 2018
1 2 3
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
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Halloween 30
© 2018 D.YAEL BERNHARD
The Jewish Eye ACRYLIC ON C ANVA S , 2018
This “painted mosaic” of colored rectangles explores the relationship of three basic shapes. The six-pointed star is chosen to represent Jewish religion; the hamsa – an open hand with an eye in the palm –
represents Jewish culture; and the silhouette of a human head and shoulders represents Jewish law. Beginning with a question, I strove to bring these three major branches of Jewish tradition into symbolic
accord, while also keeping them separate. With building blocks of color like stones in a wall – f irst opposing color to set the shapes apar t , then similar color to weave them together – the three distinct
shapes were gradually brought into harmony. At the center, they share a common eye – the essential belief in one God that is at the center of Judaism.
‫כסלו תשעייט‬-‫חשון‬
November 2018 Cheshvan-Kislev 5779
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday

OCTOBER 2018
1 2 3 4 5 6
DECEMBER 2018
2 3 4 5 6 7
1
8
1 23 CHESHVAN
2 24 CHESHVAN
3 25 CHESHVAN
Parashat
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Chayei Sara
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ‫חיי שרה‬
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 5:32p
28 29 30 31 30 31 candle 6:35p
lighting Havdalah

4 26 CHESHVAN
5 27 CHESHVAN
6 28 CHESHVAN
7 29 CHESHVAN
8 30 CHESHVAN
9 1 KISLEV
10 2 KISLEV

Parashat
Toldot
‫תולדות‬

4:24p
‫סיגד‬ ‫ראש חדש כסלו‬ ‫ראש חדש כסלו‬ candle 5:27p
Daylight Savings Time ends Election Day Sigd Rosh Chodesh Rosh Chodesh lighting Havdalah

11 12 13 14 15 16 17
3 KISLEV 4 KISLEV 5 KISLEV 6 KISLEV 7 KISLEV 8 KISLEV 9 KISLEV

Parashat
Vayetzei
‫ויצא‬
4:18p
candle 5:22p
Veterans Day lighting Havdalah

18
10 KISLEV
19 11 KISLEV
20 12 KISLEV
21 13 KISLEV
22 14 KISLEV
23 15 KISLEV
24 16 KISLEV

Parashat
Vayishlach
‫וישלח‬
4:14p
candle 5:17p
Thanksgiving Day lighting Havdalah

25 17 KISLEV
26 18 KISLEV
27 19 KISLEV
28 20 KISLEV
29 21 KISLEV
30 22 KISLEV

4:11p
candle
lighting
© 2017 D.YAEL BERNHARD
Joseph & His Brothers ACRYLIC ON HAN DMADE WATE RCOLOR PAPE R , 2018
This month’s Torah por tion Vayigash begins with Judah stepping for ward to plead with Joseph to let their lit tle brother Benjamin go free. Thrown into a pit and sold into slaver y by his brothers years ago, Joseph, by a
series of nearly miraculous t wists of fate, now stands in a position of great power over them. Second in command only to Pharaoh, Joseph rules over Eg ypt , and is unrecognized by his eleven brothers who have come
to plead for food, and now justice. When Joseph hears of the harm that his detainment of Benjamin will surely bring upon his father Jacob, who still grieves for Joseph in their famine -stricken homeland, the young
ruler f irst turns away to hide his emotions, and then crumbles, f inally revealing himself to his astonished brothers. Joseph forgives them and saves his family, welcoming them to Eg ypt . The profound misfor tune of his
youth has transformed into a saving grace that will sustain the line of Jacob for generations to come.
‫טבת תשעייט‬-‫כסלו‬
December 2018 Kislev-Tevet 5779
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday

NOVEMBER 2018
1 2 3
JANUARY 2019 1 23 KISLEV

1 2 3 4 5 Parashat
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Want to read the stor y behind this picture? Vayeshev
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Visit dyaelbernhard.com/bookblog/stories-pictures-5779 ‫וישב‬
18 19 20 21 22 23 24 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
25 26 27 28 29 30 27 28 29 30 31 5:15p
Havdalah

2 24 KISLEV
3 25 KISLEV
4
26 KISLEV
5
27 KISLEV
6
28 KISLEV
7 29 KISLEV
8 30 KISLEV

Parashat
‫ראש חדש טבת‬ Miketz
Rosh Chodesh ‫מקץ‬
‫ערב חנוכה‬ ‫חנוכה אי‬ ‫חנוכה בי‬ ‫חנוכה גי‬ ‫חנוכה די‬ ‫חנוכה הי‬ 4:10p ‫חנוכה וי‬
Erev Chanukah Chanukah Chanukah Chanukah Chanukah Chanukah candle Chanukah
1 candle 5:14p 2 candles 5:14p 3 candles 5:14p 4 candles 5:14p 5 candles 5:14p 6 candles 4:10p lighting 7 candles 5:14p

9 10 11 12 13 14 15
1 TEVET 2 TEVET 3 TEVET 4 TEVET 5 TEVET 6 TEVET 7 TEVET

Parashat
Vayigash
‫ויגש‬

‫חנוכה זי‬ ‫חנוכה חי‬ 4:11p 5:15p

Chanukah ‫ראש חדש טבת‬ Chanukah candle Havdalah
8 candles 5:14p Rosh Chodesh 8th day lighting

16 17 18 19 20 21 22
8 TEVET 9 TEVET 10 TEVET 11 TEVET 12 TEVET 13 TEVET 14 TEVET

Parashat
Vayechi
‫ויחי‬

4:14p
‫עשרה בטבת‬ candle 5:18p
Asara B’Tevet Winter Solstice lighting Havdalah

23 15 TEVET
24 16 TEVET
25 17 TEVET
26 18 TEVET
27 19 TEVET
28 20 TEVET
29 21 TEVET

Parashat
Shemot
‫שמות‬
New Year’s Eve
4:18p

22 TEVET 30 23 TEVET 31 Christmas Day

candle
lighting
5:23p
Havdalah
© 2018 D.YAEL BERNHARD
Etz Chaim ACRYLIC ON HAN DMADE WATE RCOLOR PAPE R , 2018
This painting combines three ideas into one image: the Torah as Et z Chaim, a tree of life with massive trunks that grow from the center of the scrolls; a tree of life that manifests as a family tree; and a tree of life in
the form of an ancient , gnarled olive tree – one of the seven species that is honored in this month’s holiday Tu B’Shevat , the “New Year for the Trees.” The family tree is f ictitious, but inspired by recent DNA tests
that have revealed hidden ancestors in the Diaspora. I can only imagine the many unknown people who are par t of my family tree: farmers and scribes, musicians and scholars, rabbis and tailors, businessmen and
ar tists. Like a bark-skinned animal, only the ancient olive tree has old enough roots to bear so much living histor y, and branches that t wist and grow in so many directions.
‫טבת—שבט תשעייט‬
January 2019 Tevet-Sh’vat 5779
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday

DECEMBER 2018
1
FEBRUARY 2019
1 2
1 24 TEVET
2 25 TEVET
3 26 TEVET
4 27 TEVET
5 28 TEVET
Parashat
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Va’eira
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 ‫וארא‬
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 4:24p
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
24 25 26 27 28 candle 5:29p
30 31 lighting
New Year’s Day Havdalah

10 11 12
5 SH’VAT 6 SH’VAT
6 7 8 9
29 TEVET 1 SH’VAT 2 SH’VAT 3 SH’VAT 4 SH’VAT

Parashat
Bo
‫בא‬
4:31p
‫ראש חדש שבט‬ candle 5:36p
Rosh Chodesh lighting Havdalah

13 7 SH’VAT
14 8 SH’VAT
15 9 SH’VAT
16 10 SH’VAT
17 11 SH’VAT
18 12 SH’VAT
19 13 SH’VAT
Parashat
Beshalach
‫בשלח‬

4:39p
candle 5:44p
lighting Havdalah

16 SH’VAT 17 SH’VAT 18 SH’VAT

24 25 26
19 SH’VAT 20 SH’VAT
20
14 SH’VAT 15 SH’VAT
21 22 23
Parashat
Yitro
‫יתרו‬

4:47p
‫ט’’ו בשבט‬ Martin Luther candle 5:52p
Tu B’Shvat King Jr. Day lighting Havdalah

27 21 SH’VAT
28 22 SH’VAT
29 23 SH’VAT
30 24 SH’VAT
31 25 SH’VAT

Want to read the stor y behind this picture? Visit

dyaelbernhard.com/bookblog/stories-pictures-5779
© 2018 D.YAEL BERNHARD
Dead Sea Wadi OI L ON C ANVA S , 2018
This wadi in Ein Gedi is one of my favorite places in Israel. Climbing up from the widening f lats along the Dead Sea , the trail cuts in and out of shaded clef ts as it makes its way up the ravine. Rough
boulders along the way bake in the sun – ancient witnesses to over four thousand years of human footsteps, dating back to before the time of King David, all the way to Abraham. Walking in this timeless
place that has changed so little over the millennia , one paradoxically discovers new views of the sea ever y few feet , framed by the endlessly-varied rocks of this unforgettable Judean Deser t landscape.

‫אדר אי תשעייט‬-‫שבט‬
February 2019 Sh’vat-Adar I 5779
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday

JANUARY 2019
1 2 3 4 5
MARCH 2019
1 2 1 26 SH’VAT
2 27 SH’VAT

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Want to f ind out more about this image? Parashat

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Mishpatim
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Visit dyaelbernhard.com/bookblog/stories-pictures-5779
‫משפטים‬
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
4:56p
27 28 29 30 31 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 6:01p
candle
31 lighting Havdalah

3 28 SH’VAT
4 29 SH’VAT
5 30 SH’VAT
6
1 ADAR 1
7
2 ADAR 1
8
3 ADAR 1
9
4 ADAR 1

Parashat
Terumah
‫תרומה‬

5:04p
‫ראש חדש אדר אי‬ ‫ראש חדש אדר אי‬ candle 6:09p
Rosh Chodesh Rosh Chodesh lighting Havdalah

10
5 ADAR 1
11 6 ADAR 1
12 7 ADAR 1
13 8 ADAR 1
14 9 ADAR 1
15 10 ADAR 1
16 11 ADAR 1

Parashat
Tetzaveh
‫תצוה‬
5:13p
candle 6:18p
Lincoln’s Birthday Valentine’s Day lighting Havdalah

17 18 19 20 21
12 ADAR 1 13 ADAR 1 14 ADAR 1 15 ADAR 1
22 23
16 ADAR 1 17 ADAR 1 18 ADAR 1

Parashat
Ki Tisa
‫כי תשא‬
5:21p
candle 6:26p
Presidents’ Day lighting Havdalah

24 25 26 27 28
19 ADAR 1 20 ADAR 1 21 ADAR 1 22 ADAR 1 23 ADAR 1
© 2018 D.YAEL BERNHARD
Arrow Slit, Old City Wall
OI L ON C ANVA S , 2018
The Old City of Jerusalem is surrounded by a massive stone wall that was built in the 16th centur y by the Ottoman ruler Suleiman the Magnif icent . Along the top of the wall, a for tif ied rampar t runs from
Jaf fa Gate, around to the south and east toward the Mount of Olives. There my daughter and her friend ran gleefully ahead as my illustrator friend and I took photos and did quick sketches of views along
the way. This arrow slit caught my eye with its eroded chiseled planes, narrow opening, and sunlit view of the clay-roofed neighborhood below – like an aper ture into another centur y.

‫אדר אי—אדר בי תשעייט‬

March 2019 Adar I - Adar II 5779
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday

1 2
24 ADAR 1 25 ADAR 1
FEBRUARY 2019 APRIL 2019
1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 Parashat
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Vayakhel
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 14 17
Want to f ind out more about this image?
15 16 18 19 20 ‫ויקהל‬
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Visit dyaelbernhard.com/bookblog/stories-pictures-5779 5:29p
24 25 26 27 28 28 29 30 candle ‫שבת שקלים‬ 6:34p
lighting Shabbat Shekalim Havdalah

3 26 ADAR 1
4 27 ADAR 1
5 28 ADAR 1
6 29 ADAR 1
7 30 ADAR 1
8 1 ADAR 11
9 2 ADAR 11

Parashat
Pekudei
‫פקאדי‬
5:37p
‫ראש חדש אדר בי‬ ‫ראש חדש אדר בי‬ candle 6:42p
Rosh Chodesh Rosh Chodesh lighting Havdalah

10 3 ADAR 11
11 4 ADAR 11
12 5 ADAR 11
13 6 ADAR 11
14 7 ADAR 11
15 8 ADAR 11
16 9 ADAR 11

Parashat
Vayikra
‫ויקרא‬
6:44p
candle ‫שבת זכור‬ 7:50p
Daylight Savings Time begins lighting Shabbat Zachor Havdalah

17 18 19 20 21 22 23
10 ADAR 11 11 ADAR 11 12 ADAR 11 13 ADAR 11 14 ADAR 11 15 ADAR 11 16 ADAR 11

Parashat
Tzav
‫תענית אסתר‬ ‫צו‬
Ta’anit Esther 6:52p
‫ערב פורים‬ ‫פורים‬ ‫שושן פורים‬ candle 7:57p
Erev Purim Spring Equinox Purim Shushan Purim lighting Havdalah

24 17 ADAR 11
25 18 ADAR 11
26 19 ADAR 11
27 20 ADAR 11
28 21 ADAR 11
29 22 ADAR 11
30 23 ADAR 11

Shmini
‫שמיני‬

6:59p ‫שבת פרה‬

24 ADAR 11 31 candle
lighting
Shabbat
Parah
8:04p
Havdalah
© 2018 D.YAEL BERNHARD
Shirat Hayam (Song of the Sea) ACRYLIC ON PAPE R , 2018
The stor y of E xodus is perhaps the greatest tale of liberation of all time. This month during the Passover seder, we remember Miriam and the many courageous women who helped the Israelites escape
their oppressors and break free from Eg ypt . Af ter crossing the Red Sea , they stand on the far shore looking into their future, a rising sun in the East . In a moment of unsurpassed triumph and exaltation,
the long-enslaved people rejoice in their freedom for the f irst time – a freedom that will bring many challenges. As the Israelites learn to forge a new life of social order and justice, Miriam’s presence
brings more blessings, marking the comings and goings of water, and adding a feminine element that will be so crucial to Jewish tradition in times to come.
‫ניסן תשעייט‬-‫אדר בי‬
April 2019 Adar II -Nisan 5779
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday

1 25 ADAR 11
2 26 ADAR 11
3 27 ADAR 11
4 28 ADAR 11
5 29 ADAR 11
6 1 NISAN

Parashat
‫שבת החדש‬
Tazria
Shabbat
‫תזריע‬
HaChodesh
7:07p
candle ‫ראש חדש ניסן‬ 8:12p
April Fool’s Day lighting Rosh Chodesh Havdalah

7 2 NISAN
8 3 NISAN
9 4 NISAN
10
5 NISAN
11
6 NISAN
12
7 NISAN
13
8 NISAN

Parashat
Metzora
‫מצרע‬

7:14p
candle ‫שבת הגדול‬ 8:19p
lighting Shabbat HaGadol Havdalah

14 9 NISAN
15 10 NISAN
16 11 NISAN
17 12 NISAN
18 13 NISAN
19 14 NISAN
20 15 NISAN
Torah reading:
Exodus 33:12 - 34:26
Numbers 28: 19-25
‫ערב פסח‬ ‫פסח יום אי‬
Erev Pesach Pesach 1
7:21p 8:26p
‫סדר ראשון‬ candle ‫סדר שני‬ candle
First Seder lighting Second Seder lighting

21 16 NISAN
22 17 NISAN
23 18 NISAN
24 19 NISAN
25
20 NISAN
26
21 NISAN
27
22 NISAN
Torah reading:
Arbor Day Deut. 14:22-16:17
Maftir: Num. 28:19-25
1st day of Easter Sunday 2nd day of 3rd day of 5th day of 6th day of 7th day of
4th day of
the Omer the Omer the Omer the Omer the Omer the Omer
the Omer 7:29p
7:28p
‫פסח יום בי‬ 8:27p ‫פסח יום גי‬ ‫פסח יום די‬ ‫פסח יום הי‬ ‫פסח יום וי‬ candle ‫פסח יום זי‬ candle ‫פסח יום חי‬ 8:34p
Pesach 2 Havdalah Pesach 3 Pesach 4 Pesach 5 Pesach 6 lighting Pesach 7 lighting Pesach 8 Havdalah

28 23 NISAN
29 24 NISAN
30 25 NISAN
MARCH 2019
1 2
MAY 2019
1 2 3 4
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
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dyaelbernhard.com/bookblog/stories-pictures-5779 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
8th day of 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 26 27 28 29 30 31
9th day of 10th day of
the Omer the Omer the Omer 31
© 2012 D.YAEL BERNHARD
Yom Hashoah ACRYLIC ON C ANVA S , 2012
This sober image of Holocaust Remembrance Day commemorates my maternal grandmother’s family, Hungarian Jews who perished in the Shoah, as well as the countless millions of Jews and many others who have
suf fered and died in massacres and pogroms throughout the ages. The Star of David that I casually wore around my neck as a child becomes the yellow patch that meant death in my grandmother’s youth. Also
commemorated on this month’s holiday are the many brave and righteous individuals who acted heroically to save innocent lives.

‫ניסן—אייר תשעייט‬
May 2019 Nisan-Iyyar 5779
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday

APRIL 2019 JUNE 2019 1 1 26 NISAN

2 27 NISAN
3 28 NISAN
4 29 NISAN

1 2 3 4 5 6 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Parashat Achrei
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Mot
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 ‫אחרי מות‬
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 7:36p
28 29 30 30 11th day of 12th day of ‫יום השואה‬ 13th day of candle 14th day of 8:41p
the Omer the Omer Yom HaShoah the Omer lighting the Omer Havdalah

30 NISAN 1 IYYAR
6 7 8 9 10
2 IYYAR
11
4 IYYAR 5 IYYAR 6 IYYAR
5
3 IYYAR

Parashat
Kedoshim
‫קדשים‬

7:43p
15th day of ‫ראש חדש אייר‬ 16th day of ‫ראש חדש אייר‬ 17th day of 18th day of ‫יום הזכרון‬ 19th day of ‫יום העצמאות‬ 20th day of candle 21st day of 8:48p
the Omer Rosh Chodesh the Omer Rosh Chodesh the Omer the Omer Yom HaZikaron the Omer Yom HaAtzma’ut the Omer lighting the Omer Havdalah

12 13 14 15 16 17 18
7 IYYAR 8 IYYAR 9 IYYAR 10 IYYAR 11 IYYAR 12 IYYAR 13 IYYAR

Parashat
Emor
‫אמר‬
7:50p
22nd day of 23rd day of 24th day of 25th day of 26th day of 27th day of candle 28th day of 8:55p
the Omer Mother’s Day the Omer the Omer the Omer the Omer the Omer lighting the Omer Havdalah

19 14 IYYAR
20 15 IYYAR
21 16 IYYAR
22 17 IYYAR
23 18 IYYAR
24 19 IYYAR
25 20 IYYAR

‫פסח שני‬ Parashat

Pesach Sheni Behar
‫בהר‬
7:56p
29th day of 8:57p 30th day of 31st day of 32nd day of 33rd day of ‫ל’’ג בעומר‬ 34th day of candle 35th day of 9:01p
the Omer Havdalah the Omer the Omer the Omer the Omer Lag B’Omer the Omer lighting the Omer Havdalah

26 21 IYYAR
27 22 IYYAR
28 23 IYYAR
29 24 IYYAR
30 25 IYYAR
31 26 IYYAR

8:02p
36th day of 37th day of 38th day of 39th day of 40th day of 41st day of candle
the Omer the Omer Memorial Day the Omer the Omer the Omer the Omer lighting
© 2014 D.YAEL BERNHARD
Shavuot OI L ON C ANVA S , 2014
This painting began with the desire to create a “visual Torah” in honor of Shavuot , this month’s holiday that celebrates the giving of the Torah. The scrolls become trees ripe with pomegranates, unfold-
ing from the landscapes of Israel: the crag g y mountains of the Sinai deser t; the rolling pastures of the Galilee; the buildings and streets of Jerusalem; and the fer tile valleys where almond trees blossom
each spring, bringing the promise of new life. Receiving it all is a common person who embraces the Torah, needing no priest or go-between to access its spiritual riches.

‫סיון תשעייט‬-‫אייר‬
June 2019 Iyyar–Sivan 5779
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday

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27 IYAAR
MAY 2019 JULY 2019
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 Parashat
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19 20 21 22 23 24 25 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
26 27 28 29 30 31 28 29 30 31 42nd day of 9:07p
the Omer Havdalah

2 28 IYAAR
3 29 IYAAR
4 1 SIVAN
5 2 SIVAN
6 3 SIVAN
7 4 SIVAN
8 5 SIVAN

Parashat
‫יום ירושלים‬ ‫ערב שבועות‬ Bamidbar
Yom Yerushalayim Erev ‫במדבר‬
Shavuot
8:07p 9:11p
43rd day of 44th day of 45th day of ‫ראש חדש סיון‬ 46th day of 47th day of 48th day of candle 49th day of candle
the Omer the Omer the Omer Rosh Chodesh the Omer the Omer the Omer lighting the Omer lighting

9 6 SIVAN
10 7 SIVAN
11 8 SIVAN
12 9 SIVAN
13 10 SIVAN
14 11 SIVAN
15
12 SIVAN

Parashat
Naso
‫נשא‬

9:12p 8:10p
‫שבועות יום אי‬ candle ‫שבועות יום בי‬ 9:12p candle 9:14p
Shavuot 1 lighting Shavuot 2 Havdalah lighting Havdalah

13 SIVAN 14 SIVAN 15 SIVAN 16 SIVAN 17 SIVAN 18 SIVAN 19 SIVAN

16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Parashat
Beha’alotcha
‫בהעלתך‬

8:12p
Summer candle 9:16p
Father’s Day Solstice lighting Havdalah

23 20 SIVAN
24 21 SIVAN
25 22 SIVAN
26 23 SIVAN
27 24 SIVAN
28 25 SIVAN
29 26 SIVAN

Parashat
Sh’lach
‫שלח‬

8:13p

30
candle 9:17p
27 SIVAN lighting Havdalah
© 2018 D.YAEL BERNHARD
The Red Heifer OI L ON C ANVA S , 2018
This month’s Torah por tion Chukat describes rites of the dead that involve a red heifer: a female cow both primal and innocent , unspoiled by labor, fer tile with potential. Special ashes are prepared and dissolved in
“living water,” then ritually sprinkled on anyone who comes in contact with a dead body. These rules, or chukim, are considered among the most mysterious in the Torah, par tly for the contradiction they present: for
the ashes that are used to purif y also render the user impure. Whatever its meaning, we learn from the red heifer ritual the impor tance of separating death from life. As ash dissolves in “living water,” or life force –
so too, does death dissolve in the stream of life – af f irming the Jewish imperative to choose, and honor, life for the sake of life.
‫סיון—תמוז תשעייט‬
July 2019 Sivan-Tamuz 5779
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday

1 2 3 4 5 6
28 SIVAN 29 SIVAN 30 SIVAN 1 TAMUZ 2 TAMUZ 3 TAMUZ

Parashat
Korach
‫קרח‬
8:12p
‫ראש חדש תמוז‬ ‫ראש חדש תמוז‬ Independence candle 9:15p
Rosh Chodesh Rosh Chodesh Day (USA) lighting Havdalah

7 4 TAMUZ
8 5 TAMUZ
9 6 TAMUZ
10 7 TAMUZ
11 8 TAMUZ
12 9 TAMUZ
13 10 TAMUZ

Parashat
Chukat
‫חקת‬
8:09p
candle 9:12p
lighting Havdalah

14 15 16 17 18 19 20
11 TAMUZ 12 TAMUZ 13 TAMUZ 14 TAMUZ 15 TAMUZ 16 TAMUZ 17 TAMUZ

Parashat
Balak
‫בלק‬

8:05p
candle 9:08p
lighting Havdalah

21 18 TAMUZ
22 19 TAMUZ
23 20 TAMUZ
24 21 TAMUZ
25 22 TAMUZ
26 23 TAMUZ
27 24 TAMUZ

Parashat
Pinchas
‫פינחס‬

7:59p
‫צום תמוז‬ candle 9:02p
Tzom Tamuz lighting Havdalah

28 25 TAMUZ
29
26 TAMUZ
30
27 TAMUZ
31
28 TAMUZ
JUNE 2019 1 AUGUST 2019
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
23 24 25 26 27 28 29 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
30 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
© 2011 D.YAEL BERNHARD
 Still Life, Rechavia ACRYLIC ON C ANVA S , 2012
This shapely pomegranate from the Machane Yehudah market in Jerusalem beg ged to be painted, as did the bot tle of olive oil and the scar f from Zion Square. What bet ter set ting than a balcony in the lovely
neighborhood of Rechavia? Stepping outside, one entered at third f loor level a cour t yard where laundr y hung to dr y, and the clinking of dishes could be heard from neighboring apar tments – and once in a while, the
notes of a piano like water trickling over pebbles, mingling with the sound of a bird in the eucalyptus tree – and beyond that , the sounds of cit y life in the streets of Jerusalem.

‫אב תשעייט‬-‫תמוז‬
August 2019 Tamuz-Av 5779
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday

1 2 3
29 TAMUZ 1 AV 2 AV
JULY 2019 SEPTEMBER 2019
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Parashat
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Want to read the stor y behind this picture? Visit Matot-Masei
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 ‫מטות—מסעי‬
dyaelbernhard.com/bookblog/stories-pictures-5779
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 7:52p
28 29 30 31 29 30 ‫ראש חדש אב‬ candle 8:54p
Rosh Chodesh lighting Havdalah

7 8 9 10
5 AV 6 AV 7 AV 8 AV
4
9 AV
5 6
3 AV 4 AV

Parashat
‫ערב תשעה באב‬ Devarim
Erev Tish’a B’Av ‫דברים‬
7:43p
candle ‫שבת חזון‬ 8:46p
lighting Shabbat Chazon Havdalah

11 10 AV
12
11 AV
13
12 AV
14
13 AV
15
14 AV
16
15 AV
17 16 AV

Parashat
Vaetchanan
‫ואתחנן‬

7:34p
‫תשעה באב‬ ‫ט’’ו באב‬ candle ‫שבת נחמו‬ 8:36p
Tish’a B’Av Tu B’Av lighting Shabbat Nachamu Havdalah

18
17 AV
19 18 AV
20 19 AV
21 20 AV
22 21 AV
23 22 AV
24 23 AV

Parashat
Eikev
‫עקב‬

7:24p
candle 8:26p
lighting Havdalah

25 26 27 28 29 30 31
24 AV 25 AV 26 AV 27 AV 28 AV 29 AV 30 AV

Parashat
Re’eh
‫ראה‬
7:13p
candle ‫ראש חדש אלול‬ 8:15p
lighting Rosh Chodesh Havdalah
© 2018 D.YAEL BERNHARD
Forest Shofar ACRYLIC ON B IRC H BARK , 2018
To live in the Diaspora as a rural Jew is to weave nature with community. Ever seeking the threads that bring warp and wef t together, I dreamed I was walking in a Nor th American forest during the
Yamim Nora’im – the Days of Awe, from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur – when the gates of heaven are thought to stay open for ten days. In the dream, I walked away from my synagogue’s High Holy Day
tent and entered the dark woods. All the animals of the forest came to the sound of my shofar, gathering around me, af f irming the connection between Jewish tradition and the natural world. In the naive
style of Nor th American folk ar t , I painted my dream on birch bark as a symbol of this vital fusion.
‫אלול תשעייט — תשרי תשעייפ‬
September 2019 Elul 5779-Tishrei 5780
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday

1 1 ELUL
2 2 ELUL
3 3 ELUL
4 4 ELUL
5 5 ELUL
6 6 ELUL
7 7 ELUL

Parashat
Shoftim
‫ׁשפטים‬
7:01p
‫ראש חדש אלול‬ candle 8:04p
Rosh Chodesh Labor Day lighting Havdalah

14 ELUL
14
10 ELUL
9
11 ELUL 12 ELUL 13 ELUL
8 10 11 12 13
8 ELUL 9 ELUL

Parashat
Ki Teitzei
‫כי תצא‬
6:50p
candle 7:52p
lighting Havdalah

15 15 ELUL
16 16 ELUL
17 17 ELUL
18 18 ELUL
19 19 ELUL
20 20 ELUL
21 21 ELUL

Parashat
Ki Tavo
‫כי תבוא‬
6:38p
candle ‫ליל סליחות‬ 7:40p
lighting Leil Selichot Havdalah

22 22 ELUL
23 23 ELUL
24 24 ELUL
25 25 ELUL
26 26 ELUL
27 27 ELUL
28 28 ELUL

Parashat
Nitzavim
‫נצבים‬

6:26p
Autumn candle 7:28p
Equinox lighting Havdalah

29 29 ELUL
30 1 TISHREI
5780 AUGUST 2019 OCTOBER 2019
1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Want to read the stor y behind this picture? 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Visit dyaelbernhard.com/bookblog/stories-pictures-5779 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
6:23p 7:25p
‫ערב ראש השנה‬ candle ‫ראש השנה יום אי‬ candle 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 27 28 29 30 31
Erev Rosh Hashana lighting Rosh Hashana 5780 lighting
S ee the year through Jewish eyes!
Inspired by Torah, Israel, Diaspora, and

holidays, THE JEWISH EYE 13-month wall

calendar features unique paintings and Ruach Elohim The Jewish Eye
The Birth of Seth
thought-provoking captions by D. Yael Joseph & His Brothers

Bernhard. Grids include Hebrew and

secular calendar for all of 5779 (Sept.

2018 - Sept. 2019); candle-lighting times;

weekly Torah portion and Jewish holidays

in Hebrew and English; and major secular Etz Chaim

Dead Sea Wadi
Shirat Hayam
Arrow Slit, Old City Wall (Song of the Sea)
holidays.

D. Yael Bernhard is a fine

art painter, award-winning children’s

book author/illustrator, arts-in-ed

teacher, and b’nei mitzvah tutor. Please Forest Shofar The Red Heifer
Yom Hashoah Shavuot
visit her website, webstore, art and

picture book blog, exhibitions of Jewish- Candlelighting times in this

calendar are set for New York
themed art, and online gallery, all at City. Havdalah is set for 46
minutes after sundown.
dyaelbernhard.com.
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THE JEWISH EYE Yael Bernhard. All rights reserved.

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