Little gold for long nights, slow songs and Friday candles.
Setlist
Necklaces
4 pieces
- Moon and star layersTwo fine cables made to be worn together: a crescent moon on the shorter, a star on the longer, each on its own little ring.US$1,101Sample price, from an example manufacturer. Not for sale.
- Two candlesA small polished gold disc with two Shabbat candles cut right through it, side by side, each with its flame above.US$699Sample price, from an example manufacturer. Not for sale.
- Little discA small plain gold disc on a fine cable at choker length, with a little extra chain at the clasp so it can sit higher or lower.US$914Sample price, from an example manufacturer. Not for sale.
- Kumzitz flameA little gold flame, puffed round like a pillow, its tip swaying one way and back the way a fire does when somebody starts a song.US$568Sample price, from an example manufacturer. Not for sale.
Pendants
3 pieces
- Little chaiThe Hebrew word חי, chai, life, cut as one piece in block letters joined along the roof, small enough to layer, on a fine cable.US$790Sample price, from an example manufacturer. Not for sale.
- Two lengthsA small polished disc on one cable, and a second, finer cable falling lower beneath it.US$1,379Sample price, from an example manufacturer. Not for sale.
- Little Magen DavidA small Star of David, open at the centre, with the crossings of its two triangles cut into the face, on a fine cable.US$724Sample price, from an example manufacturer. Not for sale.
Earrings
4 pieces
- Moon huggiesSmall half-round huggies that click shut, each with a little sawn crescent swinging from a ring at the bottom.US$1,139Sample price, from an example manufacturer. Not for sale.
- Flame studsTwo small puffed flames on posts, each swaying the way the kumzitz flame does, made as a mirrored pair so they lean toward each other.US$464Sample price, from an example manufacturer. Not for sale.
- Moon and star studsAn odd pair on purpose: a sawn crescent for one ear and a star for the other.US$509Sample price, from an example manufacturer. Not for sale.
- Big thin hoopsBig, light hoops of round wire with a hinged click at the top.US$1,223Sample price, from an example manufacturer. Not for sale.
Earrings
String hoops
Small hoops of fine round wire, about as thin as a guitar's lower strings, with a hinged click at the top.
Plain enough to go with everything, light enough to leave in.
US$696Sample price, from an example manufacturer. Not for sale.
Rings
3 pieces
- Pinky signetA small oval signet for the little finger, polished and left plain, on a half-round shank that widens to the face.US$1,239Sample price, from an example manufacturer. Not for sale.
- Vine leaf ringA small sawn gold leaf, its veins cut in, bent over the top of a slim round-wire ring.US$864Sample price, from an example manufacturer. Not for sale.
- Thread bandThe finest band we make, in half-round gold.US$402Sample price, from an example manufacturer. Not for sale.
Anklets
2 pieces
- Crescent ankletA fine cable anklet with one small gold crescent.US$699Sample price, from an example manufacturer. Not for sale.
- Layered ankletTwo fine chains on one clasp, a cable and a twisted rope, with a tiny star hanging from the lower one.US$1,083Sample price, from an example manufacturer. Not for sale.
Around the fire
Friday night
Layer it
Never take it off
Barefoot in Nachlaot
One more song
A nigun is a melody with no words. Someone starts it, a few people hum along, a guitar finds the chords, and by the third time round the whole circle is singing. Nobody wants it to end, so somebody always says od: one more.
Nigun started in Nachlaot, in the lanes behind the shuk where vines climb over the stone walls and the kumzitz keeps going long after the fire is down to embers. We make the gold you wear there: fine chains to layer, tiny charms, hoops as thin as a guitar string, a signet small enough for your pinky, an anklet for barefoot nights.
The pieces are small on purpose. A flame, two Shabbat candles, a moon, a Hebrew word you actually say. Things you put on once and forget you're wearing, until someone across the fire asks about them.
Everything is solid gold and made to order. 14k is our everyday, 10k is there for a student's budget, and 18k for when you want it richer. For friends here in Jerusalem, and for friends back home in the Bay.
Questions
01Can I order from this page?
Not yet. Nigun is shown here as a sample store on the Ember template. The prices are real sample prices for each piece in each gold, but nothing here can be ordered.
02Is it real gold?
Yes. Every piece is solid gold, and we work only in gold: no plating, no gold-filled, nothing else underneath, and nothing set in it. Each piece's page says which gold it's made in, and which others you can choose.
03What's the difference between 10k, 14k and 18k?
The number says how much of the metal is pure gold, out of 24 parts. 10k is 41.7% gold: the hardest, a little paler, and the kindest price. 14k is 58.5% gold, our everyday: warm in colour and tough enough to live in. 18k is 75% gold: a deeper yellow, and softer, so it marks a little more easily. The piece and its size stay the same; the price follows the gold in it.
04Is it made to order?
Yes. Each piece is cast and finished by hand after it's ordered, in the gold you choose, so allow a few weeks.
05How do I know my size?
Rings are made to your size; the pinky signets start at a little finger's size 4, and any size can be asked for. The sizing page has every necklace, anklet and bracelet length, and how to measure your own.
06Can I sleep and shower in it?
Gold doesn't tarnish, so most of it can stay on. Take the finest chains off to sleep and for the gym, and everything off in a pool or a hot spring, where chlorine is hard on gold. The care page says the rest.
07What do the Hebrew words mean?
Ahava (אהבה) is love. Chai (חי) is life, the word inside l'chaim. Each is read right to left, as it's written.
08Is it a good gift?
It's what we give each other: for a birthday, a goodbye at the end of a year in Jerusalem, a first Shabbat in a new apartment. Small, gold, and worn every day after.
Write to us any time. We answer between shifts, usually the same day.