The windows depict concepts of creation and development, change and parallels, distance and connection. The design recognizes the connection between the creation of the world and the creation of the Jewish people. The pristine structure in which nature develops is time, divided into days, weeks, months and years. The Jewish nation developed over time, from the first man, through the Patriarchs, until the Egyptian exile. The establishment of the Jewish people represents a pause, the creation of a new force in nature and history, an am kodosh, holy nation, of which God said “v’shachanti b’tocham,” “and I will dwell amongst them.” In the waves of change that occur over the centuries, the Jewish people will remember their purpose, and be a reminder of a first intention.

The windows use excerpts from the daily, monthly, and yearly cycle of prayers along with abstract motifs drawn from Jewish tradition, allowing the past to repeatedly unfold, connecting congregants to their history, as well as moving them toward the future.

The repeating design element in the windows is the circle. In the Jewish experience, the circle has symbolic meaning. The endless journey around the circumference can represent the cycle of life. Concentric circles, emanating from a central point, like when ripples are caused by a stone cast into the water, these refer to the events unfolding from a Godly cause. The disc shape also recalls the great celestial bodies, the sun and the moon. In Jewish literature, the children of Israel are often compared to the moon that cyclically diminishes to the point of disappearance, but always reappears. The circle also corresponds to the balls and loops that bound together the coverings of the Mishkan, the precursor of the Bait Hamikdash.