Every once in a while a prospective customer contacts me for reassurance that the tallits we sell are kosher. The truth is that if you're buying a traditional wool tallit, you have very little to worry about. But in any case, for those who want to know what makes a tallit kosher, the issues...

For those in search of just the right tallit, the striping is definitely a major factor. This week we received the following inquiry from a prospective customer: Could you please address the customs concerning the stripes on the tallit. More pointedly the silver or gold stripes. Thanks, Tom S. I explained to Tom that originally the tallit...

Usually I get requests for a lightweight tallit from customers who live in a hot climate. I myself got a lightweight tallit for day-to-day summer use because I davin early, and the gabbaim seem to think that it can't be warm in shul at 5:30 or 6:00 a.m. But they're wrong. When the air...