The sea-green glass is inscribed in Hebrew with the congregation's name, which means "House of Light," and with words on the giving of the Torah.
Arnold's cousins belong to the congregation, though the commission did not come through them. When the rabbi learned who had made the light, she began telling it at each family bar and bat mitzvah.
The text
בית אור
House of Light, the congregation's name.
On the glass
כי מציון תצא תורה ודבר ה' מירושלים
For out of Zion shall go forth Torah, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Isaiah 2:3. Read from a small photograph; the words on the giving of the Torah appear to be this verse.
Studio of Arnold Schwarzbart
Arnold Schwarzbart ז״ל · 1942 – 2015 · Knoxville, Tennessee