{"title":"Yaakov Abergel ","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"WRchTxt1-jg6\" class=\"BaOVQ8 tz5f0K WRchTxt1-jg6 wixui-text\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_7\" dir=\"ltr\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBorn in France in Toulouse, the pink city, to 'Hananiah Abergel and Esther Malka (née Berdah). Second of three children.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUntil adolescence, he lived in the countryside in St Ferréol. Around the age of 12, his mother enrolled him in violin lessons, which he attended for 2 years, but he decided to stop music to focus on drawing and painting. His father, who is a furniture and antiques merchant and a passionate art lover, encouraged him to develop his taste for drawing. At the age of 12, he gave him an easel. This relationship that was born between them, that of an admirer of painters and a budding painter eager for advice and knowledge, continued throughout their lives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_7\" dir=\"ltr\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAt the age of 14, following his parents' divorce, he went to live with his mother and two sisters in Toulouse. During this period, he discovered comics, to which he devoted himself until the age of 22. During the years in Toulouse, he searched a lot, and in addition to a passion for photography and cinema, he began to take an interest in painting. After starting scientific studies, he eventually obtained an artistic Baccalaureate, which led him to enroll in the School of Architecture, where he studied for 2 years. Before taking his exams to enter the third year, he decided to leave to study at the St. Luc School in Brussels, at the School of Comics. He studied there for 2 years. During this period, he discovered contemporary art and contemporary artists and decided to stop comics to devote himself, too, to contemporary art.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \n\u003cp class=\"font_7\" dir=\"ltr\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHe leaves to live in Italy, in Florence, to enroll in a painting school. Upon his enrollment, the director of the school, upon seeing his work, remarked that he would be wasting his time pursuing studies and that the time had come to embark on life. He listened to this advice and began a solitary path. After a year spent in Florence, he leaves the \"Dolce Vita\" to return to Toulouse where he takes the Beaux Arts exam, which he passes, but he will only stay a few months at the Beaux Arts, which he eventually leaves to devote himself solely to painting. During his brief stay at the Beaux Arts in Toulouse, he meets Annie Merle, who sees his work and chooses him among the artists to whom she dedicates a book she will publish titled: \"The Painters of the Toulouse School.\"\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUntil the age of 27, he does not stop working, painting, and drawing without ever managing to integrate into an artistic community, whether in the world of galleries or in the world of painters. Although he does not manage to exhibit his works, he continues his research. He is 27 years old and decides to truly earn a living. His parents, who work in furniture sales, help him become a salesman. He first works in his father's store, then his mother takes him with her to teach him the trade. After difficult beginnings, he acquires a good foundation that allows him to live and work alone in a store in Paris. He will work there for 3 years. During this period, he continues to draw, mostly on the pads used for sales. He paints a few paintings and makes numerous drawings of the streets of Paris during his days off.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_7\" dir=\"ltr\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_7\" dir=\"ltr\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHis older sister, who at that time had become a nun, sends him books related to the deep part of the Torah, Chassidism Chabad, and the Rebbe of Lubavitch.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDuring the holidays, he takes a trip to Tahiti and Bora Bora. This trip will be decisive in his life because it will rekindle his desire to paint and create to the point that following this trip, he decides to resign from his job as a salesman to devote himself to painting. He then travels to Montreal, Canada, to visit his younger sister who has been living there for some time. There, he meets Haim Sherff. This religious Israeli painter living in Montreal makes him aware of the importance of being attached to his roots and recommends that he become more religious by studying the Torah. Indeed, according to him, art cannot be dissociated from the divine spirit expressed in the Torah. Yaakov takes these recommendations seriously and begins a religious journey alongside his work as an artist under the influence of the Master of Chassidism Chabad: the Rebbe of Lubavitch.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \n\u003cp class=\"font_7\" dir=\"ltr\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHis new habits naturally lead him to pray every morning at the Synagogue on Pallaprat Street where the Chief Rabbi Eliahou Haik also prays, and on the Sabbath at the Rabbi's Chaliach Synagogue in Toulouse: Rabbi Yossef-Itz’hak Matusof who was the first to introduce him to the Rabbi and the Hassidic world. It is during this period that he discovers the book of Tanya with Rabbi Gabriel Sebagh. He also studies Chabad Hassidut with Rabbi Israel Zerdoun.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_7\" dir=\"ltr\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHe returns to live in Toulouse. His mother meets Dany Simon who is the owner of an art gallery and organizes his first exhibition which gathers works inspired by the religious world.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"comp-ioa0axw5\" class=\"BaOVQ8 tz5f0K comp-ioa0axw5 wixui-text\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_7\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt is at this time that he meets Liba through David and Edith Hagège, friends of his older sister, and he marries her on June 22, 1997, in Lyon. A year after his marriage, the couple decides to join Yaakov's sister and her husband Samuel Marquès who have been living in Israel for a year and settle in Jerusalem.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHe spends less and less time painting and drawing as he devotes himself to the study of the Torah, first at the Yeshiva of Rabbi Haï Barkats and then especially at the Kollel of Rabbi Shimon Elitouv under the direction of Rabbi Avraham Kot. He spends 4 years at the Kollel and obtains rabbinical ordination from Rabbi Itz’hak Yehudah Yeruslavski. It is during this period that he meets a decisive person in his life, Rabbi Ytz’hak-Tsvi Eizenbakh with whom he will study Hassidut for many years, particularly the book of Tanya. He attends numerous Hassidut courses, including those taught by Rabbi Aaron-Mordechai Zilberstraum, Rabbi Shmouel Weinfeld, Rabbi Schneor-Zalman Gopin, Rabbi Avraham-Baroukh Pevzner, and Rabbi Moshe Weiner. He especially attaches himself to Rabbi Yossef-Itz’hak Offen whose courses he follows to this day.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_7\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixGuard\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e​\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \n\u003cp class=\"font_7\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHis artistic taste will naturally lead him to study Sofrouth in Bnei Brak with Rav Gerschtenkorn, who was recommended to him by Rav Moshe Landau. He obtains the Smi'ha of Sofer from Rav Yeruslavski, which allows him to practice the profession of Sofer until today by writing the Ktav of the Admour Hazaken.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAdditionally, he also obtains a Smi'ha of Cho'heth from Rav Shimon Elitouv, but apart from the Kapparoth he performs with his friend from the Kollel, Rav Yaakov Cho'hat, he will not practice this profession.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn 2000, his daughter Chaya-Moushka is born in Jerusalem on the day of Purim Katan.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHe changes Kollel and begins to study dayanouth at the Kollel 'Ariel' and continues to this day, with Rav Moshe Pinder. He devotes more and more time to painting and paints numerous portraits of the Masters of Chabad. His creation diversifies more and more and he begins a series of marines on wooden palettes.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn parallel with his studies and his artistic work, he devotes a lot of time to writing books based on the teachings of the Masters of Chabad and the Rabbi, particularly on the essence of the soul. This subject will never leave him. He thus publishes 3 books.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn 2009, the birth of his two sons on the day of Lag Ba Omer.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHe continues writing a novel started a few years ago that brings together travel memories (particularly the trip to Bora-Bora) and reflections on Teshuva. His work is entitled \"colors in the veins\" and reveals his passion for Art.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHis sister organizes an exhibition of his paintings in Raanana at the \"Merkaz Giron\" gallery. He is given the opportunity to present in large paintings a small overview of his entire work based mainly on the Hasidic world.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHe then meets Yaakov Benhaim and Moshe Krieger from the magazine Meteor LeMag, who will dedicate a video on this occasion. This meeting marks the beginning of a collaboration that will lead to the production of videos of Torah and Hasidic courses.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe dissemination of Hasidic sources is at the center of his concerns and while continuing his studies, he gives many courses around him. His artistic activity intensifies and countless drawings are added to his paintings.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHis friend Nissim Belma puts him in touch with his brother Elie with whom he designs a website aimed at making his artistic work known and disseminating the Sources of Hasidic outside.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSince his exhibition in Raanana, he takes the habit of writing excerpts from the Hasidic speeches of the Rabbi of Lubavitch on his canvases. Thus mixing words with images, the painter seems finally able to express his love for painting and for writing that he unites on his canvases.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-testid=\"richTextElement\" class=\"BaOVQ8 tz5f0K comp-ioa07zre wixui-text\"  id=\"comp-ioa07zre\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_7\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“You undoubtedly know that the quality of a painter consists in obscuring the exterior appearance of an object, in forgetting its contours, to penetrate it, grasp its deep aspect and essence, in order to express it through his canvas. Thus, the one who will contemplate it will perceive what he had not previously noticed, when the inner part was hidden by accessory elements.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-testid=\"richTextElement\" class=\"BaOVQ8 tz5f0K comp-ioa08tz9 wixui-text\" id=\"comp-ioa08tz9\"\u003e\n\u003ch6 class=\"font_6\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"color_19\"\u003eRabbi of Lubavitch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e ","products":[{"product_id":"penses-bien-tout-ira-bien-by-yaacov-abergel","title":"Think well, everything will be fine!","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eImmerse yourself in the captivating world of diamond painting with our kit, a creative pastime that draws inspiration from mosaic art and paint-by-numbers. 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