TORAH

Exquisite Aronei Kodesh

What’s more precious and holy than a sefer Torah? Our sifrei Torah are covered in mantles of velvet and crowned with silver, but where are they kept? The aron hakodesh, graced with the paroches, offers a fitting and dignified home for our most treasured possession. Come and meet Avraham Fried, who has been designing and building exquisite aronei kodesh for over 40 years.

1 min read June 2, 2014

Introducing… Mr. Avraham Fried Mr. Avraham Fried was born in Romania and when he moved to Israel he brought along a couple of very important things — besides his pajamas and toothbrush. He brought the carpentry skills he’d learned from his father and the idea — born in Italy — that an aron kodesh was more than a plain wooden box. In fact in his factory in Israel Mr.Fried discovered that there’s no end to the beautiful designs that can be achieved with the magic ingredients: wood tools magic hands and a creative imagination.

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