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Levy uses a pared-down modern style and bold patterning to illustrate the joyous Jewish festival of Simchat Torah when Jews celebrate completing the reading of the Torah for the year before starting again. As the rabbis parade the Torah scrolls round the synagogue, dancing and singing, the fringes of their robes (tallitot) swing exuberantly.

Levy was the son of Jewish-Russian immigrants who settled in Manchester. He studied at Manchester School of Art and taught for many years at the School of Architecture, becoming art critic for the 'Manchester City and Evening News'. Religious iconography was a dominant theme in Levy’s work, but his central theme was the human condition.