Sheaves of Friendship and Brotherhood Torah Ark

Dimensions: 500 cm x 270 cm high
Materials: Cherry

This Torah ark is comprised of staggered bookcases leading up to the central cabinet, which is the ark itself. The hand-sculpted doors of the ark depict a bountiful sheaf with twelve stalks of wheat (to symbolize the twelve tribes). The staks of wheat are bound in the center, where the heart is. But each stalk then takes its own path. The bookcase doors have a sun ray motif emanating from the center to shine on the rest of the world.
This piece was installed in the Reut High School, Jerusalem.