Blue Magen David of Jerusalem, Original Painting by Hillel Mor

Hillel carried a blank canvas up to the edge of the Ramon Crater, the vast desert cliff in southern Israel, to paint the view as the light came over the rim. Halfway through, a gust of wind tore the canvas from its easel and swept it over the cliff.

He went after it. Hours of climbing down rock and searching the crater floor, far from any trail, until he found it, torn and scarred from the fall.

Standing there with the broken canvas, he understood something. What we build can be lost in a moment, and what matters is what we choose to create from it. That acceptance became this painting: a Magen David rising in gold over Jerusalem, out of the storm and into the light.