The full title of this print, a quote from Rabbi Hanina Ben Tradyon, is "The Parchment is Burning but the Letters are Flying Free." It depicts Hebrew letters arranged randomly above a collaged, burnt surface of paper at the bottom of the print. Tradyon was an ancient Talmudic scholar who was executed for his beliefs. -- 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.