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Moriah Design
burning through my lounges and then…
there was silence… complete silence…
Suddenly I heard my sister singing softly:
A Song of Ascents.
I will lift up my eyes unto the hills—
From whence comes my help?
My help comes from the LORD,
Who made heaven and earth” (Psalms 121).
I looked up to the hills, and I knew exactly west… We saw our Jerusalem in flames…
what to do!
“We must go! Now!” I said to my parents.
“We must run to the hills – to the Mount of
Olives!”
Studio workshop
Emunah Collection. "if I forget
thee O Jerusalem let my right
hand forget her cunning"
My mother took her jewelry, some of our
family’s precious belongings and put them in
a small wooden box.
We walked down from Mt. Moriah and
sneaked through the water gate at the City of
David. Then, we went up via the Kidron Valley
towards the Mt of Olives.
We stopped on the path and gazed to the
My mother buried the box between the rocks
and whispered to me, “My son, we will be
back.”
Digging up the truth
Jerusalem 2016 AD
“Finally, the last bucket of dirt before we
finish here for the week,” I said to myself.
Since we started our archeological
excavation here on the slopes of the Mount
of Olives in Tzurim Valley, Jerusalem, we
have found over 66,000 artifacts from the
time of the second Temple. Most of them
came from Mount Moriah itself.
These artifacts are the evidence of God’s
promise to Abraham, the same Abraham
that was tested by God right here, on Mount
Moriah… Every artifact discovered brings
me closer to the stories of my ancestors
who lived here, in this very city 2,000 and
3,000 years ago. I lifted the black bucket and
slowly made my way to the sifting station.
As I poured the soil, I heard a strange noise…
I removed the dirt and there it was – a small
wooden box…
The Moriah Collection –
connecting the dots
The Moriah Collection was born in Jerusalem
out of a vision of Avi Tavisal, a leading Israeli
Jeweler.
Mr. Tavisal envisioned this special connection
through jewelry due to his deep roots in
Jerusalem. His family has lived in this holy
city for more than seven generations.
By combining ancient stones from the
archeological site in Jerusalem and placing
them in a special piece of jewelry, anyone
can take a piece of Jerusalem with them
anywhere they go.
Every stone harvested on Mount Moriah for
the collection is cut and sorted, then designed
in order to preserve its raw integrity. The
pieces in the Moriah Collection are crafted
by skilled jewelry artisans, who meticulously
plan and set the diamonds and gold in
the stone by hand. The result is a unique
visual statement, never before attempted
in a high quality, exclusive diamond jewelry
collection. The pieces in the collection are
limited editions, which are numbered and
documented in an accompanying certificate
of authenticity, verifying the origin of the
stone from Jerusalem: the city of faith, the
city of peace.
“The stones in Jerusalem can speak,” said
Mr. Tavisal. “They tell the story of who we
are, who was here before us and how they
relate to us today."
"The stones of Jerusalem are not ordinary
stones – every stone has a historical meaning
and background. These are the stones that
might have been used in the Temple, in
the streets of ancient Jerusalem, the same
stones that the kings, prophets, Jesus and
his disciples likely walked on.”
“You see?” he said, "Jerusalem is a city
connected to the human soul, to the will of
God. Everything here is meaningful. Take
the name Moriah. The meaning of the name
Moriah is God will show, God will guide. By
wearing the stones of Moriah, we have a
constant reminder of who we are and who
our guide is. I feel as if we are fulfilling the
eternal promise from the Holy Bible:
You will arise and have mercy on Zion;
For the time to favor her,
Yes, the set time, has come.
For Your servants take pleasure in her
stones,
And favor to her dust.
(Psalms 102)
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