YHWH

 

 

       This window is centered on the Holy Name of God written in Hebrew letters. This was name given by God himself when Moses asked him what he was to be called when he was to tell the Israelites of their impending liberation from slavery. God told Moses to tell the Israelites that his name was I AM WHO IS.  Ever since them his name has been written in Hebrew with these letters.  To this day these letters adorn many synagogues and written texts of Jewish sacred scripture.

 

     Below the central image is an image of the Torah in a scroll.  Above the central image are the words hear o Israel, which are the beginning words of the great Shema given to Israel by Moses in the book of Deutoronomy, where he declares to Israel that the Lord God is one and that thee are to worship him with their whole mind and heart and strength.