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Creation
Days 5 and 6 is about the creation of animal life, in
all it's abundance and diversity: fish, birds
and reptiles, mammals and humankind. The lower section
of the window is filled with fish,
as the sea brings forth swarms. An arch of stylized
reptiles surrounds the central image,
"ost,"
was the only animal actually named by G-d. The
letters of ost
are illuminated with the raw material of creation,
Tohu v'Vohu. A banner, weaving through the name, "Adam,"
specifies the equality of the female and male nature
of mankind. A border
of silhouettes of all different
mammals, surrounds the composition.
Three linked circles symbolizes the interconnected
nature of life on Earth. Two
birds, part of the life created on the Third
Day, hover over creation, like the spirit of Shechinah.
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