This attractive print depicts a large Kiddush Cup with the Hebrew words of the blessing for wine inscribed on it. The cup is set in a landscape of Israel. At the base of the cup is a door with a Mezuzah of course! The cup overflows with fruits from Israel, indicating that just as the blessings which G-d gives to the Land of Israel are generous, so too, the blessings we receive should be abundant and without measure. To the left is a tent with an open door, symbolic of the greatness of hospitality. To the right is a well with urns which are the vessels for drawing down blessings. In the borders are Judaic symbols and scenes.

ARTIST BI0GRAPHY: Today's renaissance of the traditional Jewish lifestyle has been accompanied by the blossoming of a multi-faceted Chasidic art movement. Michoel Muchnik, among the foremost Chassidic artists, has gained prominence with his joyfully imaginative renderings in acrylics, watercolors, and original lithographs. He frequently combines his delicate use of color and fine line work into a story book motif. Even at its most mystical, a Muchnik painting is inexplicably familiar.

Muchnik has staged exhibits of his original paintings, bas-relief mosaics and lithographs throughout the world. His originals have been displayed at the Brooklyn Museum, the Goldman Arts Gallery in Washington, D.C., Yeshiva University Museum in New York, Dansforth Museum in Massachusetts, the Sydney Jewish Museum and the Sharei Tzedek Collection in Israel. He recently created "The TreasuredLand", a 6' x 24' sculptural mural depicting the Land of Israel for the Jewish Children's Museum in New York.

Muchnik was born in 1952 in Philadelphia, Pa. He attended the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, and later studied at The Rabbinical College in Morristown, N.J., a Lubavitcher Yeshiva.