Crystal Atarah Neckband for a Tallis, Chosson or Bar Mitzvah

Crystal set across the neckband, so the whole length of the atarah throws light back at whatever angle the tallis is caught in. Against white wool the effect is bright and deliberate; this is not a quiet band. It runs the collar of the tallis the way any atarah does, along the top edge where the tallis folds over the shoulders, and the stones are what a room sees first when a man turns toward the aron kodesh.

There is no size decision to make here — it comes as one piece. What matters is the tallis you are putting it on. A crystal band belongs on a white or off-white tallis where the stones read cleanly, and it suits the two occasions where a man is genuinely being looked at: a chosson under the chuppah, and a bar mitzvah bochur called up for the first time. Many families order the tallis and the atarah together for exactly that reason.

It also earns its place on a tallis reserved for the Yomim Noraim, worn through the days of the year when the tallis stays on from Kol Nidrei until Neilah.

• Material: Crystal

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