Temple Bat Yahm

Temple Bat Yahm, Preliminary design — Preliminary design

Location: Newport Beach, California
Year: 2010
Materials: Hand hammered sterling silver and glass
Dimensions: 14 in. x 12 in.

For a congregation whose name means "House of the Sea," three pale sea-blue slabs of glass rise from the sterling bowl. They are etched with the Hebrew of Psalm 27, "The Lord is my light and my salvation," and "from the wells of salvation I shall draw hope."

The text

ה' אורי וישעי ממי אירא

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?

Psalm 27:1

ושאבתם מים בששון ממעיני הישועה

With joy shall you draw water from the wells of salvation.

Isaiah 12:3

Discussed in Ori Soltes, "To Glorify Sacred Space," 2019 (figure 5)