THE MIKDASH IN ITS GLORY
OIL ON CANVAS
PRINT ON ART CANVAS · 800–3500 NIS (depending on size)
ORIGINAL · 110×100 cm · Call for availability
THE MIKDASH IN ITS GLORY by Penina Schleider
The Mikdash in Its Glory is a vision of holiness at its peak—a moment when the Beis HaMikdash stood in radiant splendor, fully present in this world, yet reaching toward the heavens.
Soft golds and glowing light draw the eye upward, as if the painting itself is lifting in praise. The architecture is majestic yet gentle, painted not as a static structure but as something alive, pulsing with divine presence. This is not a ruin or a memory—it is the Mikdash as it once was, and as we pray it will be again: whole, shining, central.
There are no people in the foreground. The viewer stands alone before the Mikdash, as if invited into a personal encounter with the Shechinah. The emptiness isn’t absence—it’s space. Space for awe, for yearning, for reflection.
While painting, I imagined the feeling of standing before it: the sound of song in the air, the weight of generations behind you, and the sense that every prayer was being carried straight to heaven. I wanted to capture that stillness. That light. That closeness.
The Mikdash in Its Glory is not only a tribute to the past—it’s a quiet hope for the future. A visual tefillah that the light we long for is already beginning to return.
This painting can be printed in any size and on a variety of materials — from luxurious art canvas to sleek Chromaluxe metal, elegant glass panels, or other unique surfaces.
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For an even more exclusive touch, touch-ups or mixed-media enhancements are available. With these, Penina revisits the print herself, adding paint, texture, and depth — transforming it into a piece that looks and feels like an original, at the price of a print.
Each option allows the artwork to become a unique expression of your style and space.
