These beautiful 12 unique glass stained windows were created by the world famous Russian Jewish artist Marc Chagall for the Synagogue of Hebrew University's Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem in February 1962. Each of the 12 windows is approximately 11 feet high and 8 feet wide, and represent the 12 sons of Jacob from whom came the 12 tribes of Israel. However, there is a slight difference in the order of tribes from the original biblical perspective. Chagall includes Levi and Joseph, but excludes Ephraim and Manasseh from his paintings.
Although photography is not permitted inside, by now you know me, I managed to get them. In the synagogue, the windows are distributed in a similar order as described in the Bible (i.e. the order of the tribes around the tabernacle-Numbers 2).
During the 1967 war, the hospital came under severe attack, and four of the windows were damaged. However, Chagall was happy to reapir the damaged ones and the refurbished windows retained small portions of his earlier work also. In 1973, Israel issued a series of stamps commemorating the windows. For more details visit the official site at
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