Racing Stripe RingSeptember 2015 14 karat white gold The wedding date of a couple of my friends was fast approaching, and the groom still hadn't found a ring that he liked despite going into dozens of jewelry stores. In fact, he wasn't completely sold on the idea of wearing a wedding ring to begin with, so he didn't even have a frame of reference for what he liked. Fortunately, I have a questionnaire that I've developed over the years to help determine a client's

That is replaced here by the Hebrew word חי (chai)

but through the process I wound up designing something completely different

arrayed radially and overlapping each other slightly

"  However

When it is finally hung in the synagogue

they only had one day's worth of kosher olive oil to burn in the Temple's menorah

one-quarter/crescent

" Before I proposed to my wife

one draws the Shechina in to one's self

When the links finally fell apart

This ring is a reproduction of a ring I first made in 2009

Part of the beauty of how the two bands fit together is that the three stones in the ring run dead center down the middle of the fitted set's width