Birkat Hakohanim - (The Priestly Blessing)
At the time of the Temple, the Big Kohen (the High Priest) used to bless the Jewish people twice a day.
The Priestly blessing is featured on this print as a code. The coded blessing is in Hebrew and therefore it’s to be read from top right to left.
The first 9 letters are represented with circles
And so forth until the ninth letter Tet .
The tenth letter is Yod = 10, for the next 9 letters we change the symbol to
ellipse.The last 4 letters are represented as squares
The tenth letter is Yod = 10, for the next 9 letters we change the symbol to
ellipse.The last 4 letters are represented as squares
For example, the first word in the blessing is יברכך
Which will look (remember we are starting from right to left).
Which will look (remember we are starting from right to left).
G-d’s name is written in the Hebrew letters (no symbols) י ה ו ה