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Gambling, while a popular pastime among many Jewish and non-Jewish people, some might have a concern about its permissibility. According to the medieval rabbi Jacob ben Asher, Moses warned the people before his death not to be corrupted by gambling. However, there is no explicit prohibition on gambling according to the Jewish laws and scripts. However, many Talmudic rabbis offer a negative view of this practice.
Artistic View:
The Ancestors Family series
Michael Rogatchi Contemporary Biblical Art
As central as the Jacob family is in Jewish spiritual life and narrative, as it is in
Michael Rogatchi’s series of his contemporary Biblical art works known as
Forefathers project.
In the case of Jacob and his family, the artist sees it in two ways: as continuation of the line of the Patriarchs, of which Jacob was the last one; and as of fundamental beginning of the Jewish nation. “
We all are children of Jacob”, – Michael says often.
What is interesting is that Michael’s paintings on the Jacob family created in different periods of time during a six years period are all united by the dominating expression in them, light. According to the core of all portrayed characters, that light in Michael’s paintings is different. It represents four different types of spiritual light.