Kiddush Cup

Avant-Garde M International (AGMI), founded and directed by Guity Bar-Lev, has established the online shopping store of Guity Barlev to find a broader audience for the beautiful handcrafted jewelry and Kiddush cup pieces. All of the exciting pieces in the Guity Barlev collections are designed and handcrafted in Israel by a number of talented designers working in gold, silver, precious stones and wood. The stunning Kiddush cups will grace tables all over the world wherever families gather together on Friday evenings to recite the traditional blessing and prayer over a cup of wine on the eve of Shabbat. Ms Guity Bar-Lev of Sedona, Arizona and Jerusalem, Israel, is a UCLA graduate and has had an extensive business career in the Middle East and USA. The focus of Guity Barlev has been to bring the best jewelry and Kiddush cup designs and workmanship to America. Guity Bar Lev imports the Kiddush cup items and jewelry directly from Israel and distributes in the USA through quality jewelry stores, museums, synagogue gift shops, art galleries and Jewish community-sponsored art festivals. Some of the Guity Barlev jewelry and Kiddush cup collections have been featured in prestigious national mail order catalogs in the USA, such as "Sundance Catalogs", Core Jewelry, Rural Route 3 & Gifts, founded by Robert Redford in 1969, and in the Museum of Tolerance Catalog in Los Angeles, California. Among the veteran and young Israeli artists and designers of Guity Bar Lev are Ohada Hay-Gordon, Maya Offer, Aviva Haezrachy, Yuval Greenbaum, Shula Shek, Shraga Landesman, Yuval Rong and Michal Wertheim. As Israeli born natives, (Sabras) these artists come from different walks of Israeli society. Their jewelry and Kiddush cup designs and creations are inspired not only by their professional training, flair and natural talents, but also by the diverse cultural backgrounds of their parents. The handcrafted Kiddush cup pieces offered by Guity Barlev will ignite the customer's imagination and the high quality and professionalism of the service will inspire confidence. Guity Bar Lev offers a variety of Kiddush cup pieces and the designer/craftsman, Shraga Landesman, has added a touch of whimsy to the traditional Kiddush cup with a box-wood and Alpacca (nickel silver) design. The alpaca façade is engraved with the words of the traditional closing of the blessing on the wine, "Boreh Pri haGafen." Guity Barlev also provides brightly colored, hand-painted Kiddush cup items with motifs that recall the Maccabee period. These Kiddush cup pieces feature removable blue glass cups with an easy-sip design and are 6" high by 2 ¾"wide . Three very unique and impressive hand-painted wooden Kiddush cup pieces are being offered by Guity Barlev. They have removable glass inserts and the first cup depicts Miriam playing the tambourine and in other scenes, playing the drum. The second Kiddush cup depicts Miriam playing the tambourine in three different poses and the third cup shows Miriam casting Moses into the river. These Guity Barlev Kiddush cup items are highly colorful and feature amazing detailed dramatic sterling silver designs on the cups as a symbol to God.