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Sisterhood Wallhanging
“L’Dor V’Dor – From Generation to Generation” – Created by Ken Morrow, this magnificent tapestry proudly hangs in the Mosaic Law Congregation Social Hall. It took four and a half years and over 4500 “labor of love” hours by 56 dedicated women to make the tapestry a reality. It was completed and hung in 1985.
The men represented in the tapestry are almost all from the Bible. Abraham is holding the shepherds crook he took into the future to where Jacob wrestles with his heavenly fog. The Menorah melts into the representational flame, the burning bush. Clutching the tablets is Moses, standing in the intense, white light of divine revelation. Next to him is Joshua triumphantly blowing the Shofar. The last figure is not biblical. Bent in prayer, dim images of Jews lost in many centuries of oppression surround him. His prayer shawl, or tallit, curves around his shoulders to become the band at the top of Israel’s flag, but it also alludes to the door of the grisly ovens of the holocaust. Also seen is an overturned menorah representing the destruction of the second Temple. Finally, the prayer shawl turns, in places, to the barbed wire suffered by those who wore it and their beliefs through history’s blackest hours.
Stained Glass Windows
Designed and executed by Hilda Sachs, the 12 stained glass windows feature the 12 tribes of Israel. They have a dome-shaped top and each measures 60” x 15”. Created in 1974, they are a prominent feature in the Mosaic Law Congregation Sanctuary.
In order of their birth, the windows depict various elements from each of the tribes.
Reuben: Blue with red flowers
Simeon: Red with a bull
Levi: Yellow and blue with hands and a tablet
Judah: Blue with a crown and a lion
Zebulun: Multicolor with a boat
Issachar: Green with a deer
Dan: Blue with scales and a serpent
Gad: Red with tents
Asher: Multi-colored with flowers
Naphtali: Blue-purple with a buck
Joseph: Yellow with a bird and fruit
Benjamin: Red-orange with a mountain cat
Aron HaKodesh
Created out of bronze, these two doors which open up to the 5 Torah scrolls have a burning bush ornament embellished on its doors. The flames of the burning bush are outlined in brass while the inside of each flame is comprised of silk-threaded, enameled paper. It measures 8’ wide and 20’ high. It was created in 1974.