The text is taken from The Song of Songs 4:6. The perforations on three of the pages are pairs of Hebrew 'yod's' in a large typeface.' The text is based upon the phrase, "In the heat of the day {life}, God is a protective shadow." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book dealing with the Passover song, Chad Gadya, was inspired by the work of El Lissitzky. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Avadenka constructed a three dimensonal fold-out tunnel section using the final three pages of the book to create a sea-like environment in which the Hebrew words for womb, water and sea are printed on each level. She has mined these words from the Hebrew word for compassion, "rachamim." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The poems and prints that are affixed to facing pages deal with each Hebrew letter making up the word, "Midrash,' which is the early Hebrew commentary on the bible. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The brief calligraphically rendered text was derived from Isiah 26:10 and Cordovero, Shiur Komah 19. The pop-up Hebrew letters on facing pages spell BEE-NAH which means "understanding." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The brief calligraphically rendered text was derived from Isiah 26:10 and Cordovero, Shiur Komah 19. The pop-up Hebrew letters on facing pages spell BEE-NAH which means "understanding." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.