SYNAGOGUE STAINED GLASS, JEWISH STAINED GLASS, SYNAGOGUE ART, AND JUDAICA BY JEWISH ARTISTS DAVID AND MICHELLE PLACHTE-ZUIEBACK
"Birth of children"
Temple Valley Beth Shalom
Encino, California

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Life Cycles: Birth

 

 

The "Hamsa" traditionally is placed on the wall to protect the room of a pregnant woman from evil.  This "Hamsa" is decorated with the three wishes for a newborn Jewish Child: Torah, Wedding and Good Deeds.  A strand of the DNA molecule symbolizes the chain of tradition.  The snipping pose of the fingers, refers to circumcision.  A candelabra of 12 candles, each inscribed with a name of one the 12 tribes of Israel, symbolizes the newborns initiation into the people of Israel.  Below, two footprints from a birth certificate appear.  In the background, the tablets with the ten commandments represent the law of the people of Israel.

 

 

 

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