The sunflower, Ukraine’s national flower, is becoming a symbol of resistance against the country's invasion by Russian forces. Its exuberant and lively form represents the antithesis of the destruction now being suffered by the Ukrainian people.

As Vincent van Gogh once put it in a letter to his brother Theo: “Nothing but sorrow comes out of war… there is only destruction.” The situation in Ukraine is currently absolutely desperate—but hopefully the sunflowers which so inspired the artist will eventually become a symbol of peace and reconstruction.


haggadah Section: Koreich