The Temple Harp

 A new harp is born!

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After one year of intense Harrari Harps team effort, a special 6 foot Kinnor David was finally completed this past Succot, and is now installed in its new home, The Temple Institute of Jerusalem.

The vision of this amazing and beautiful harp was conceived nearly 20 years ago with an idea Micah had ~ to create a special harp that would symbolize the coming times of the future Temple. A harp large enough to spark interest and imagination to the general public, and worthy enough of possibly even being played by the messiah himself in the times to come.

When Rav Ariel of the Temple Institute saw the artist's drawing of this harp, he loved the idea immediately, and it was put onto the back cover of their international magazine that year, waiting for the right donor to find it in his/her heart to donate the funding to make it possible.

Years went by, many people admired the picture, but no one really caught the vision, until last Succot, when an anonymous donor felt in his heart that this was the contribution to the re-building of the Temple he was looking for. The project got underway soon after, and all winter and spring we worked on how to bring this holy harp down from heaven and into this world.

Finally by the summer, we had most of the parts together. As the time drew nearer we put aside all of other harp orders and concentrated our combined efforts to complete this special harp by Rosh Hashana, 5768. Even working day and night we were still a little behind schedule, but with G-d's help it was completed and ready to go 2 weeks later, the day before the holiday of Succot began.

Yehuda Glick from the Temple Institute and his aide came with a truck and lots of padding, carefully putting this precious harp in the truck and whisked it off to the Old City of Jerusalem. As it was carried to its new home at the Temple Insititute through the streets of the Old City it was welcomed with the sound of shofars, silver trumpets and the music from some of the other harps we had previously built for the Temple Institute. What a fitting welcome! It is now on display there for all the world to see...

Here are some photos of its progress and completion. May it's beautiful music go far in this world and bring many blessings....
 

Thanks to Hashem, to Rav Ariel and Yehuda Glick of the Temple Institute , the Anonymous donor (many blessings to you and your family), and our team of harpmakers including Micah, Nissim and Yeffim who made it all possible.

Micah and Shoshanna Harrari - Succot 5758