There is often confusion regarding the term "machine-spun tzitzit." Sometimes we get customers (even yeshiva students) who want assurance that the tzitzit they buy are tied by hand. "You mean hand-spun, right?" I ask, to clarify. They nod, but in their eyes I detect a look of perplexity. This week we received an inquiry from...

Tallit tips for the kallah shopping for her chassan When a kallah is ready to buy a tallit for the groom, whether she's looking for a traditional black-striped tallit or something with a bit of color, she generally could use some guidance. Take, for example, this inquiry from a bride-to-be. I am shopping for a tallit...

I wonder whether things have changed in L.A. I grew up in the West San Fernando Valley in the 1980s. Back then, there were very few frum Jews anywhere west of Encino. To find a decent selection of tallits for sale meant driving over the hill to the Fairfax District, which I have heard...

We've received several requests over the years for our Cotton Comfort and Wool Comfort tallit katan products with Chabad double tzitzit holes, but the truth is that none of the tallit katan manufacturers make an undershirt-type tallit katan tzitzit garment with Chabad holes (or side-by-side Chassidic holes). There are various levels of adherence to Chabad...

This post is meant to offer some very simple sizing tips for the most common tallit sizes worn by men of average height. If you want a full range of detailed sizing info, go to our Tallit Size Wizard. But if you are a man of medium height, this post might make things easy...

Lately we've gotten a lot of tallit and tzitzit orders from customers in Katy, Texas. I was beginning to think there may be some sort of messianic congregation there, until I took a quick look online and found out it's not some G-d forsaken small town halfway between San Antonio and El Paso. (I...

When a bit of snow falls in Jerusalem, the whole city comes to a grinding halt, and this week's snowstorm was no exception. Schools closed even before the storm hit, the post office shut its doors and didn't deliver and most people didn't go to work. With no courier pickup, it meant that any...

A silk tallet worn by a member of London's Maida Vale congregation in the 1950s The Spanish and Portuguese Jews of London comprise the oldest Jewish community in Great Britain. They have a number of beautiful and unique customs, some of which are apparently rooted in pre-expulsion Spain, but also influenced by the Italian and

First, let me tell you how not to size a tallit. There's a new yungerman in the neighborhood, who sits three rows ahead of me during Shacharit. He very badly wants to be pious. What bothers me about him is not that he prays loudly in a grating, whiny tone of voice, but his tallit....