On several occasions customers have asked me about a blue-striped tallit with a non-slip fabric. When I show them the Tashbetz, typically they reply, "Not light blue striping, dark blue striping. Isn't there a textured tallit with blue stripes?" Nowadays a whole lot of tallit buyers are only interested in non-slip fabrics. Well, I've found...

If you want a traditional tallit, unless you're on a shoestring budget, make sure it's wool. A wool tallit looks nicer, lasts longer, feels better and is considered superior from a halachic standpoint. Many Sephardim have a custom of wearing a white-striped tallit, Ashkenazi traditionalists will stick with black stripes, but the blue-striped wool tallit...