children’s tzitzit – Ben's Tallit Shop

Children’s Tzitzit – Buying Tips

Children's tzitzit come in several different varieties: traditional wool tallit katan, traditional cotton tallit katan, cotton with silkscreen designs for tykes, traditional wool children's tallit, mesh tallit katan and undershirt-style tallit katan. Be aware that although strictly speaking the tzitzit are the strings and the garment they are attached to is called a "tallit...

Long Tzitzit on Short Boys

I came across an interesting question on a frum forum about long tzitzit strings on little boys. I'd love to put in my two cents, but it's a forum for Jewish mothers and they explicit state that men (and boys and unmarried girls) are uninvited. So I thought I'd at least comment here, since...

Is a Tallit Katan Mandatory?

According to the late Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan, in ancient times – as late as the classical Greek period – many garments were four-cornered. Rather than tailored, clothing generally consisted of a simple rectangle of cloth, straight from the loom and worn as a shawl, cape, tunic or toga. Similar garments were worn in Talmudic...