Dorit Judaica has produced here a magnificent Hamsa hand wall hanging. It incorporates pomegranates, palm trees and doves – symbols of wisdom, bounty, peace and loyalty. In the background is an impression of the Holy Temple for which we continue to mourn and around the picture is written in Hebrew the verse from Tehillim (137:5), “If I forget thee O’ Jerusalem, let my right hand lose its strength. Let my tongue cleave to the roof of its mouth if I do not remember you and if I do not set Jerusalem above my greatest joy”.

Jerusalem is the center point of the life of every Jew. Through almost two thousand years of exile, we continue to yearn for the return of the holy city. The words “Next year in Jerusalem” re-occur in our prayers as a constant reminder that the city will forever be the focus of our hopes and prayers.