Tallis & Tefillin Bag, Malchut Custom Collection Design #1008

Design #1008 comes out of Malchut's custom collection, which is where the house puts its heavier embroidery work rather than its standard catalogue patterns. These are the bags built to be looked at closely — the stitch density is higher and the panel work more involved than on the numbered velvet line, and the difference shows most when the bag is sitting open on a shtender.

There are three sizes to choose between. The bar mitzvah bag at 10.5 x 10 is proportioned for a bochur carrying tefillin and a tallis katan. The large talis bag at 14 x 14 is the size most men buy, since it holds a full tallis together with tefillin and nothing has to be forced. The extra large at 16 x 16 is for a wide or heavy wool tallis, and for anyone who has ever been late because he was wrestling something back into a bag.

If this is being bought for a bar mitzvah, the size question is really a question of how long the bag is meant to last — many families buy the 14 x 14 outright and let the boy grow into it.

• Malchut design #1008
• Choose Your Bag Size: Bar Mitzvah Bag (BMX 10.5'' x 10''), Large Talis Bag (14'' x 14''), Extra Large Talis Bag (16'' x 16'')

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