israel has issued its "festival" series of stamps every year to commemorate the jewish new year, rosh hashanah. in 1948, israel's first festival stamps were designed by otte wallish and depicted lmlk seals stamped onto jars from the time of king hezekiah (circa 700 bce). the rosh hashanah stamps often display secular and patriotic motifs, such as bread, wine, olives, soldiers, kibbutzniks, israeli dancing and the national library (1992). fittingly, many series feature religious motifs, such as curtains for synagogue arks (1999), hebrew bible stories (1994), ushpizin of sukkot (1997), jewish lifecycle events (1995), and the orders the mishnah (2006), with nezikin pictured here.