Perhaps There is Hope: A Tisha B'Av Supplement | Page 135

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“ For the Descent Is the Purpose of the Ascent” ‏ִכּ י הַ‏ י דָ‏ ה הִ‏ י א תַּ‏ כְ‏ לִ‏ י ת הָ‏ עֲ‏ לִ‏ יָּ‏ ה( Likkutei Etzot)
Dana Gretizer Gotlieb
This work depicts a descent down worn concrete stairs on Rothschild Boulevard, Tel Aviv, overlaid with“ Od lo avda tikvateinu”( we have still not lost our hope), framing descent as the purpose of ascent.
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