This series which began in 1995 and continues to this day, is a literal interpretation of the legend of the Lamed Vav Tzaddikim.

The over 36 nearly 10"x8" images in the Lamed Vavnick series are of individuals who may be one of of the Lamed Vav Tzaddikim (Lamed Vavnicks or Lamed Vavniks).  The legend of the Lamed Vav Tzaddikim goes that there are 36 people upon whose good deeds the world depends.  The legend is that if those 36 come to know who they are and all come to know one another then the entire world will change and shift for the better.  This series is a companion for two other more abstract series':  the Alef Bet series and the Lamed Vav Tzaddikim series.

I've been doing this series since 1996.  Whenever I see a person who seems to be bearing the weight of the world, I think to myself that maybe that person IS bearing the weight of the world.  Maybe that person, maybe you, are a Lamed Vavnick at that moment, for those few minutes, for that day, week, month, year or lifetime.  Maybe we all get a chance to be a Lamed Vavnick.  Maybe the responsibility passes from person to person like a dollar bill.  If everyone acted as though they were a Lamed Vavnick, maybe the world would change for the better and we'd be living in what some people call a Messianic Age, others call Utopia and I call a Sustainable world.

This series has been exhibited as one component of a solo exhibition at Sym's Park Avenue in NYC and at Temple Emeth in Teaneck, NJ.  They were also part of a 2-person exhibition at the Westchester Jewish Center in Marmaronek, NY as well as one component of a group exhibition at the Art Director's Club in NYC.

Please contact me if you would like to exhibit or acquire one or more of the images in this series.