The author was inspired by an amulet that he found in the Kabbalistic Book of Sofer Tzadik Yesod Olam (Hebrew: צדיק יסוד עולם), printed in Lviv (Yid. לעמבערג), in 1885. The artist himself writes about his inspiration as follows:

"As a contemporary artist, often drawing inspiration from Jewish sources, I decided to rediscover these ancient sources to contribute to the prevention of the deadly covid virus. Fortunately, in my research, I found that rabbis in the 16th century were battling an earlier deadly pandemic and created an amulet to stop it from spreading. I combined the image of the amulet with a modern protective mask to create the "Pandemic Mask-Amulet", hoping that its use could help fight the current pandemic."

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