Machzor Set in Antique Black Leather, Oiz VeHudar #1567

Black antique leather on the #1567 frame, holding the Oiz VeHudar machzorim. The antique finish is what separates this from a plain black binding — the tone is not flat, it shades slightly across the panel and at the edges, so the set looks worn in rather than new the day it arrives. Black is the most traditional way to buy a machzor set and the one that will still look correct in twenty years.

These are the machzorim a man carries for the Yomim Noraim, held for the long hours of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur davening. Leather earns its keep there: it takes the handling, it does not corner-curl the way a board cover does, and the weight in the hand is part of why people buy a bound set at all instead of using what the shul keeps on the shelf.

Design #1567 also runs across the siddur covers, haggadah covers, zemiros booklets and Chanukah pieces, so the machzorim can be the beginning of a matched shelf rather than a single purchase. Ordered over a few seasons, a family ends up with the whole Yom Tov cycle in one design.

• Malchut design #1567
• Material: Leather

Sold by Judaica Square, Lakewood NJ. Free shipping on orders over $75. Returns within 15 days.