Using silver and fine woods to make this Yad (Torah Pointer) Judith Horowitz combines the the two most frequently used traditional materials. However, as Judaic art has always reflected the times and places in which it was made as well as the ancient traditions for which it was used, this Yad has the clean lines and sophistication of the 21st century. the sterling hand has been styled with deliberate contemporary simplicity and the "arm" is laminated of colored woods and turned to create a graceful shape.
