Tallis & Tefillin Bag, Custom Embroidered Design #1066

The face of #1066 is built on contrast: clean, unworked panels holding a block of dense embroidery, so the stitching reads clearly instead of running edge to edge and blurring. It is a disciplined design rather than a decorative one, and it wears well precisely because there is no fussy detail to catch and fray. Malchut keeps the finishing tight at the seams, which is what separates their custom line from bags that go soft at the corners after a year.

Take the 10.5" x 10" bar mitzvah bag for a bochur with his first tefillin and a light tallis. Take the 14" x 14" large talis bag if he is a grown man with a standard woolen tallis. Take the 16" x 16" extra large if the tallis is oversized or heavy, or if you simply prefer to slide it in rather than press it down. The design scales across all three without losing its proportions.

For a man buying his own bag rather than receiving one, this is one of the more sensible numbers in the range: enough work on it to be a proper bag, restrained enough that it never looks like it belongs to somebody else.

• Malchut design #1066
• 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'')

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