ADORATION OF THE SHEPHERDS
After Daniele Crespi 1590-1630


ADORAZIONE DEI PASTORI
Ispirato a Daniele Crespi 1590-1630

© Beth Grossman 2003
12" h x 28" w x 6" d
Gold leaf on wooden trough


LET HIM BE A SHINING LIGHT TO ALL ISRAEL, ILLUMINATING YOUR TORAH

CHE RISPLENDA AGLI OCCHI D’ISRAEL ILLUMINANDO LA TUA LEGGE

Caesar Augustus ordered a census and all people were instructed to return to the town of their birth to register. The inns in Bethlehem were all occupied as Mary was about to give birth to her first born son and the inn keeper could only offer her the manger. She laid the baby Jesus in an animal feeding trough and the shepherds came to adore him with gratitude, hope and devotion. She might have said, “Let him be a shining light to all Israel, illuminating Your Torah.