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Flickering and flowing, this striking, contemporary design, symbolizing fire (transformation) on one side and water (convergence) on the other, makes a beautiful decoration or wearable silk.
Dedicated in 1926, the current location of Temple Emanu-El is the Congregation's third synagogue since its inception in 1850.
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 The rabbis of the Talmudic period believed that the Hebrew term for Heaven, shamahyim, was derived from the Hebrew esh and mahyim - fire and water. Both fire and water have great symbolic importance in Jewish scripture. Along with wind, they are the
essence of all things.
In 1973, Walter and Elise Haas and Madeleine Haas Russell gifted two magnificent stained-glass
windows to Congregation Emanu-El for the Main Sanctuary of their Lake Street Temple in San Francisco.
Mark Adams ( b. 1925, America), a master of stained glass and tapestry art, designed the non-representational windows named Fire and Water. Each window is comprised of over 2,000 pieces of glass in 200 distinct hues. Our oblong silk features full replicas of both windows on translucent silk georgette bordered by silk charmeuse. The range and variety of colors are astounding.
San Francisco's early Jews faced a precarious, frontier-town existence. Established in 1850, Congregation Emanu-El is now the largest Reform Jewish Congregation in Northern California. A milestone in progress toward community-rootedness, the Congregation's Lake Street Sanctuary was completed in 1926.
The Northern California Chapter of the American Institute of Architects praised Congregation Emanu-El's Temple: "A glorious building... The utmost care and thought given to all of its details, it realizes to the highest degree the expression of its religious character."
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