Although the sign appears rather small in this picture, I hope that you can see it well enough to see what I call a "visual pun".
http://www.etzhaim.org/
In the picture you can see the sign identifying the "Tree of Life Congregation" or in Hebrew "Etz Chayim". It is hard to see, but below the word "of" are the Hebrew letters chet-yod-yod-mem sofit spelling "chayim". The interesting part are the two symbols surrounding the "of". To someone that doesn't know Hebrew they appear to be merely two tree symbols; however, with a bit of thought one realizes that the one on the right is a slightly modified ayin with its lower stroke straightened out and the one on the left is a tzadi sofit. Thus, we have ayin-tzadi spelling 'etz or "tree". I think it's very clever.
http://www.etzhaim.org/
In the picture you can see the sign identifying the "Tree of Life Congregation" or in Hebrew "Etz Chayim". It is hard to see, but below the word "of" are the Hebrew letters chet-yod-yod-mem sofit spelling "chayim". The interesting part are the two symbols surrounding the "of". To someone that doesn't know Hebrew they appear to be merely two tree symbols; however, with a bit of thought one realizes that the one on the right is a slightly modified ayin with its lower stroke straightened out and the one on the left is a tzadi sofit. Thus, we have ayin-tzadi spelling 'etz or "tree". I think it's very clever.
