THE CROWN THAT RESTS ON TOP OF THE SHIELD IS A REFERENCE TO OUR CREATOR.
IT IS A REMINDER THAT WE SHOULD BE GUIDED BY DIVINE WILL AND NOT BY OUR OWN PASSIONS AND DESIRES.

THE UNICORN REPRESENTS THE QUALITIES OF GRACE AND PURITY OF HEART.

THE LION REPRESENTS POWER, COMMITMENT AND DETERMINATION.

THE DOVE WITH THE OLIVE BRANCH IS A SYMBOL OF PEACE BETWEEN ALL OF MANKIND AND BETWEEN MANKIND AND NATURE.

THE OPEN BOOK REMINDS US TO BE HUMBLE. WE SHOULD ALWAYS LEARN AND STUDY CAREFULLY BEFORE WE SPEAK AND BEFORE WE ACT. OUR TASK IS TO IMPROVE OUR MINDS THROUGHOUT OUR LIFETIME.

THE SHIP REPRESENTS THE COURAGE TO VENTURE FORTH INTO THE UNKNOWN AND TO EXPAND OUR HORIZONS.

IT IS SAID: “MAY YOUR GOOD DEEDS BE AS MANY AS THE SEEDS OF THE POMEGRANATE.” GOOD WILL MUST BE TRANSLATED INTO GOOD ACTIONS, AND WE HAVE THE DOUBLE POMEGRANATES TO REMIND US OF OUR DUTY TO OTHERS.

ECP: THESE ARE THE INITIALS OF EZRA AND POLISSA CHOUEKE.

E (EZRA): THE MEANING OF THE NAME EZRA IS: “ONE WHO HELPS.” IN OUR TRADITION, THE FIRST-BORN SON IS NAMED AFTER HIS GRANDFATHER. THEREFORE EZRA AS IT APPEARS HERE IS ONE LINK IN A CHAIN OF EZRAS THAT SPAN COUNTLESS GENERATIONS: GREAT-GRAND FATHER, FATHER AND GRANDSONS. IT IS A REMINDER OF WHOM WE ARE DESCENDED FROM AND OF OUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO FUTURE GENERATIONS.

C (CHOUEKE): TRADITIONALLY, THE FIRST NAMES OF FAMILY MEMBERS ARE MORE SIGNIFICANT THAN THE LAST NAMES. THE LAST NAMES USUALLY REFER EITHER TO A PERSON’S PROFESSION OR TO THE PLACE WHERE HE HAS COME FROM. IN THIS CASE OF THE CHOUEKE NAME, THIS IS A PLACE IN SPAIN WHERE THE FAMILY TRACES ITS HISTORY TO.

P (POLISSA): THIS IS THE NAME OF MRS. CHOUEKE AND IT STANDS FOR THE IDEA THAT A MAN CAN ONLY FULFILL HIS DESTINY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HIS WIFE. POLISSA IS NAMED AFTER MRS. CHOUEKE'S PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER: POLISSA SASSOON.