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Praying At The Wailing Wall "Rashi"
RASHI applied print transfer on gypsum the piece is inspired by the unique architectural penmanship of Rabbi Solomon ben Isaac scholarly commentary. Rabbi Solomon ben Isaac (Shlomo Yitzhaki), known as Rashi (based on an acronym of his Hebrew initials), was born in Troyes, Champagne and is one of the most influential Jewish commentators in history. Rashi script is a semi-cursive typeface for the Hebrew alphabet, the typeface (which was not used by Rashi himself) is based on 15th century Sephardic semi-cursive handwriting. The purpose was to distinguish the rabbinic commentary from the text itself for which a proper square typeface was used. The Rashi typeface is also traditionally used for printed Judaeo-Spanish.
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