SYNAGOGUE STAINED GLASS, JEWISH STAINED GLASS, SYNAGOGUE ART, AND JUDAICA BY JEWISH ARTISTS DAVID AND MICHELLE PLACHTE-ZUIEBACK
"Ten Commandments "
Charlottesville Beth Israel
Charlottesville, Virginia

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The Dogwood Ten Commandments

 

 

Our composition, on the theme of "The Ten Commandments," is simple: Dogwood blossoms, native to Charlottesville,   surround the Ten Commandments, which are rendered in gold dichroic glass. The first "aleph." of the first commandment is enlarged, to emphasize this commandment:   "I am the Lord, thy God."  A lightening bolt, filled with hundreds of Hebrew letters, suggests Israel's experience at Sinai,of the divine presence, implicit in the first commandment. A lightening bolt, filled with hundreds of Hebrew letters, suggests Israel's experience at Sinai,of the divine presence, implicit in the first commandment. 
Six-hundred and thirteen black and white squares form the arches.  The background blends from dark to light, from day to night. A light green graduated border creates a light and delicate feeling which makes the whole composition appear to float.
 

 

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