Artist who gives back Yair Emanuel | | Yair Emanuel has been creating Judaica art for 30 years. Graduating from Bezalel Art Academy Yair has a passion for colors and traditional design. Each piece he creates is a work of art beautiful as is, without even being looked at as Judaica artifacts. | | Yair Emanuel & a glass artist Terri Mittelmann | | Embroidered Havdalah Spice Bag This colorful Besamim bag [spice bag] is filled with cloves to provide a lovely scent to end off your shabbat or holiday. The design features the gorgeous vistas of the holy city of Jerusalem as well as the words 'Fragrance of Israel' in blue thread and the spice blessing in Hebrew in gold thread. | | | THE STORY Yair grew up in a religious Jewish family but has chosen not to lead a religious lifestyle himself. Yet his art stayed close to home, where his roots are. Yair loves colors, especially blue, and drives his inspiration from nature and creation. The Judaica art he makes is beautiful and spiritual. When he creates he usually visualizes the whole design in his mind and then transfers it into a sketch or a computer prototype. It all began in Jerusalem in the 90’s. With the large wave of Aliyah lots of talented craftsmen arrived to Israel. Yair gathered the most gifted silk artists around him, and that's how his gallery was born. Today there are 15 people working with Yair in his studio in Jerusalem. His eldest seamstress is 78 years of age! They still work with wild silk as well as wood, ceramic, glass and metal. | | | In keeping with Jewish tradition, a percentage of Yair Emanual Judaica profits from his art sales goes to charity. Emanuel takes a step further by providing employment for groups who have difficulties finding jobs, such as those with cognitive disabilities and new immigrants. His business model reflects his approach to art: diverse, bright and meaningful. | | | |