{"product_id":"olive-wood-tzedakah-box-violet","title":"Olive Wood Tzedakah Box – Violet","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn many homes the pushke stands where the week turns — near the candles, within reach on Erev Shabbos, so that the last act before the light is kindled is an act of giving. It is a small custom, and an old one, and it asks for an object worthy of standing there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis piece is worked by hand in Israel from Israeli olive wood, the wood of the seven species, quarried from groves that have stood on that soil for generations. The maker sets the timber in epoxy of deep violet, pouring the resin so that it follows the natural break of the wood rather than any cut line of his own — the river of colour through the lid is the shape the tree itself left behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is built in three parts. A raised plinth rests on carved feet, lifting the box clear of the surface. The body tapers as it rises. Above it sits a broad overhanging lid, cut with a single clean slot and finished flush to a mirror polish, so that the violet reads against the gold and umber of the grain the way light reads through coloured glass.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNothing is engraved on it and nothing is applied to it. The material is left to speak, which is the more difficult way to make an object and the more lasting one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA single piece.\u003c\/strong\u003e Because the grain and the pour cannot be repeated, this box exists once. The piece photographed here is the piece that will arrive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e Israeli olive wood and epoxy resin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColour:\u003c\/strong\u003e Deep violet, deepening toward magenta through the base\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6⅜ in \/ 16.2 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLid:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4¾ × 3½ in \/ 12 × 8.9 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOpening:\u003c\/strong\u003e Coin slot in the lid; the lid lifts free for emptying\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin:\u003c\/strong\u003e Handmade in Israel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuited to a kitchen counter, a study, a shul office, or a child learning the habit early. Given at a chasunah, a bar or bas mitzvah, or a chanukas habayis, it carries more than most gifts of its size.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOlive wood remains a living material. Keep it from direct heat and prolonged sun, and wipe it with a dry cloth.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MitzvahArt","offers":[{"title":"Violet #1","offer_id":53892650893626,"sku":"OLIVE-TZD-VLT-01","price":195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/1463\/0714\/files\/1Q6l1y0xfFPBqEGAtpwqhkWFuLIokMKDn.jpg?v=1786382281","url":"https:\/\/www.mitzvahart.com\/products\/olive-wood-tzedakah-box-violet","provider":"MitzvahArt","version":"1.0","type":"link"}