Temple Beth Abraham Design for the Chapel entry door sidelights
Design for Chapel entry door sidelights and transom window on theme of ”Lech Lecha",” “Go forth!”
Abraham’s many colored tent is shown at center with the name “Abraham” inscribed.
Pillar of Fire by night.. The Pillar of Cloud by day. Both are far off, at the edge of the wilderness. Too far to see whats causing them.
The Hebrew names for fire and cloud are stylized and part of in the pillars in black.
Three stars are visible, heralding the Shabbat.
Background is a wilderness.
The sky grades from night to day.
The lines on the land converge at the horizon drawing the eye inward.
Tiers of mountains rank into the far distance.
We are commanded to go forth. Lech Lecha above the door
The sun and moon signal a cycle of the passage of time.
At a time of wandering in the desert everything is very elemental: the sun, the moon, the fire and the rain. The land and the mystery of creation and of the spirit that underlies all of it.
