My little spot illustrations for the old Aramaic song that ends the Passover dinner. Had Gadya - Little Kid (as in baby goat) - is an ancient, ever so slightly more morbid version of the lady who swallowed the fly. Its all about the circle of life and the power of God.
Happy Passover!
Happy Passover!
p.s. zuzim is some form of currency
Little Kid, little kid. Our father bought a kid for 2 zuzim. Little kid little kid |
Came the cat and ate the kid. Came the dog and bit the cat |
came the stick and hit the dog. Came the fire and burned the stick |
Came the water and put out the fire. Came the ox and drank the water |
Came the butcher and slaughtered the ox. Came the angel of death and slaughtered the butcher |
The Angel of Death!?! Probably good they skipped that part in the 'Little Old Lady that Swallowed a Fly'... perhaps she'll die? Lets hope not, that dude is frightening!
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Well, in both cases it ends with death. The point is that everybody dies at the end but the circle of life goes on. It's not a negative concept, it means that you are part of life instead of the center of it. They just didnt sugar coat things 500 years ago (or a 100 years ago)
ReplyDeleteWonderful illustrations! Chag Pesach sameach!
ReplyDeletegreat illustrations, now do the rest of the hagada! ;)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful illustrations, Galya!!
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