This painting was made during Hanuka, but look close at the menorah, and see that there are 7 branches. The form of the menorah in the Temple was with 7 branches, and as I painted this piece I thought it was an essential menorah, one with seven branches, that made the most sense in this case. The lights shine up and out to the whole land, and the land itself is shining. At the bottom of the piece “Israel” in painted in Hebrew.