Exhibit 5.1

                      [LETTERHEAD OF SHIMONOV BARNEA & CO.]





                                December 21, 2000


Nur Macroprinters Ltd.
5 David Navon Street
Magsimim
ISRAEL



Re:   NUR MACROPRINTERS LTD. - REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM F-3
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Dear Sirs;

      We have acted as special Israeli counsel for Nur Macroprinters Ltd., an
Israeli company (the "CORPORATION"), in connection with the preparation and
filing under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "ACT"),
of a registration statement on Form F-3 (the "REGISTRATION STATEMENT") with the
Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration of:

      (i)   Up to 748,223 Ordinary Shares, par value NIS 1.0 each, of the
            Corporation, purchased by certain investors pursuant to a Share
            Purchase Agreement of August 10, 2000, entered by and among the
            Company and each of the investors, which are to be sold by such
            investors, as detailed in the Registration Statement (the
            "INVESTORS' SHARES"), and

      (ii)  up to 37,411  Ordinary  Shares,  par value NIS 1.0 each,  of the
            Corporation issuable upon exercise of Warrants granted by the
            Corporation to Investec Clali - Trust Company Ltd. as a trustee for
            certain entities, which are to be sold by such trustee, as detailed
            in the Registration Statement (the "WARRANT SHARES").

      As such special counsel, we have examined originals and copies, certified
or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of all such agreements,
certificates and other statements of the Corporation's officers and other
representatives, and other documents as we have deemed necessary as a basis for
this opinion. In our examination we have assumed the genuineness of all
signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, and
the conformity with the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies. We
have, when relevant facts material to our opinion were not independently
established by us, relied, to the extent we deemed such reliance proper, upon
written or oral statements of officers and other representatives of the
Corporation.

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      In giving the opinion expressed herein, no opinion is expressed as to the
laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Israel.

      Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:

      (i)   The Investors' Shares have been duly and validly authorized and are
            validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

      (ii)  The Warrant Shares have been duly authorized for issuance by the
            Corporation, and upon issuance and delivery against payment
            therefor, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

      We consent to the filing of this opinion with the Securities and Exchange
Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to
our name under the heading "Legal Matters" in the Registration Statement.


                                          Very truly yours,


                                          /s/ Shimonov Barnea & CO.
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                                          Shimonov Barnea & Co.

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