Mystical Rabbis by Reclusive Hyman Bloom Shine in N.Y.

In Hyman Bloom’s ecstatic paintings, old, bearded men with knobby fingers, in wide-brimmed fur hats, clutch Torah scrolls.

“Hyman Bloom: Paintings and Drawings, 1940-2005” is Bloom’s first exhibition in New York since 2009, the year he died at 96. It focuses on his “Rabbinical Series” and feels like a discovery.