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"The kit...was so much more than I expected. You offer elegant engineering solutions, a simple and beautiful sukkah and a process that is easy to understand and complete. With thanks from a very satisfied customer who is now passing your URL around her shul."
J.B.


"Thanks once again for such a beautiful service to our community and such a wonderful product.  I've built several of your wood and steel frame Sukkot in the past, and know how easy they are to assemble.   With the right team in place, we set up a 24x36 sukkah with roof in under two hours.  I especially love the new bamboo roofing poles!"

Rabbi D.T.


"Steve and Judith,  On behalf of everyone at Temple Israel in Westport, we want to thank you for helping to make our event, 60Sukkot, a wonderful success. We had a beautiful day and a huge turnout. Everyone was pleased with your products."
E.D.


"This morning we took the 16x24 WoodFrame Sukkah down... Everyone was amazed at how easy your kit and plans made things go. But more importantly, our congregants (and Rabbi) love it. It is roomy, and the wood and bamboo mat roof gave it a warm feeling that our old PVC pipe Sukkah sorely lacked".

D.W.



Torah Pointer (Yad)


Price: $150.00
In Stock: Ships next business day
Wooden Yad

An original design by Steve Henry Herman, hand-sculpted from a variety of woods including juniper burl & koa (shown here (SOLD)).

A yad (Hebrew: יד‎), literally, "hand," is a Jewish ritual pointer, used to point to the text when reading from the Torah scrolls. It is intended to prevent the reader from touching the scroll--which is considered sacred--and to avoid damage to the fragile  lettering. The end of the yad traditionally takes the shape of a hand with a pointing index finger.


While silver yads are most common, they tend to leave a visible line below the lettering after a number of years. For this reason, scribes who produce and repair Torah scrolls recommend using a yad with a wooden tip.

NOTE: Two yads remain available. The first is of colorful Box Elder and Koa (pictured here).

The other yad was made with a tip featuring a LEFT hand, so it is especially suited for a lefty (virtually all Yads feature a right hand with pointing index finger). This pro-righty bias was brought to my attention by a left-handed Torah reader, so I made one for lefties. 










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