Shin is the letter of the eternal flame, of symmetry, grace, and harmony in nature. As the eye travels down the centre of the painting, images associated with the form of the letter emerge: Moses with his arms raised in prayer, the longing for God expressed by nature in the upward surge of trees and flowers and two opponents being reconciled by a mediator. The letter shin carved into stone in the Ten Commandments has four heads, outlined by the stone which forms the three-headed shin. This alludes to the Divine ways which are hidden from us, we can see them only indirectly through creation and revelation, just as the Divine four-headed shin can only be perceived by the outline of the stone into which it is carved. In the Song of Songs Solomon refers to the hidden ways of God by describing the Beloved, "...looking through the lattices", being able to see us, but we cannot see Him. This is suggested by the lattices in the painting, partially formed by the letters vav, which are part of the letter shin. In the painting, the flames are all the colours of the rainbow, a symbol of peace between God and humanity, and between all God's creatures. (The word for peace is SHALOM, which begins with the letter shin.) The word for FALSEHOOD is formed by three consecutive letters of the aleph-beit, but not in the correct order. This shows us that falsehood is a distortion of the truth so, in the painting, 'falsehood' is generated by a reflection, inversion of the letter shin. The stone tablets placed symmetrically on the painting both contain the three and four-headed shin. One emphasises the three heads which represent the three Patriarchs - Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the other represents the four Matriarchs - Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel and Leah.