These pictures are of the twelve stained glass
windows which are installed in the Synagogue at the Hadassah Hospital near
Jerusalem. I have deliberately made them quite large, and of high resolution to
try to capture the detail and colour. They will load on your screen a little
more slowly than you may be used to. It's worth the wait.
The windows were created by the world famous artist Chagal for the Synagogue.
These images, while they are very colourful, do not do the actual windows
justice. It would be a very good spot to visit on your next trip to Israel.
There are narrated tours of the windows available, and describe in some detail
what the symbols on each windows mean. For instance, the image of animals on a
window might refer to the fact that this tribe was agrarian.
Each of the windows represent the twelve tribes,
each of which was founded by a son of Jacob (I think I recall that one of the
tribes represented was not a son of Jacob. A son in law maybe, or perhaps
senility is showing its head again)
While we were not allowed to take pictures, we were allowed to pay for a set of
cards depicting the windows, and this is a reproduction of those. To
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