A pivotal moment in the history of the Jewish people, as narrated in the Bible, the crossing of the Jordan River at the site later named Qasr al-Yahud marked the start of the Israelites’ evolution from a nomadic tribe of exiled ex-slaves into a political entity, a 'people'.

An array of civic and religious ceremonies that had been dictated by Moses prior to the crossing were carried out by his successor, Joshua, and included mass circumcisions and the building of altars and memorials. One significant ritual involved the momentous division of the new nation into two groups: the tribes of Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali climbed Mount Ebal, while the tribes of Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin went up to Mount Gerizim. The priests and Levites stood in the valley in between, which became the site of the city of Nablus (nowadays west bank). As the Levites called out a series of blessings to the tribes on Mount Gerizim, and curses to the tribes on Mount Ebal, the tribe members answered “amen.” This juxtaposition is echoed in Littwitz’s installation, which consists of two towers facing and intertwining each other so as to create a shared, yet inaccessible, locked space between. One tower is made of typical Nabulsi olive oil soap bars, and the other is made of mud from Qasr al-Yahud. The shape of the towers reflects the traditional mode of drying the soap.