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Miriam's Comments: While my original thought was to depict "sukkat shalom," the tabernacle of peace, I ended up changing direction when I came upon a set of 1976 Israeli stamps which illustrate the final verse of the first chapter of "Pirkei Avot," "The Sayings of the Fathers," which appears in many siddurim because it is traditionally studied on Shabbat afternoon. This verse was often performed by my late father, Cantor Simon Kandler, who served Temple Emeth for 58 years. When I say the words, "al haEmet, v'al haDin, v'al HaShalom," I can hear him singing them.

Shalom, peace, is traditionally depicted by the white dove. Additionally, the three pieces of the triptych use solid color decorator chintzes in the colors of the rainbow, another frequently used image for peace.