Embroidered Gartel Bag, 8 x 8 Malchut Design #1062

Malchut design #1062 in a small embroidered pouch, about 8 by 8 inches. The pattern is worked across the face of the square, and the proportion is right for the size — the embroidery reads as a complete design rather than as a corner cut out of a larger one and dropped onto a smaller item.

What it does is straightforward. A gartel rolled into a dedicated pouch stays rolled, stays clean, and comes out of the tallis bag without first being unwound from around a machzor. Eight by eight takes a standard rolled gartel comfortably, and the square shape means it packs flat against the side of a tallis bag rather than wedging in at an angle.

The number is the useful part here. Design #1062 appears in the tallis and tefillin bags as well, so a man who already owns a bag in that design can add the matching gartel pouch and have the pair look intentional. It is also the standard way families put together a bar mitzvah set piece by piece over a few months.

• Malchut design #1062
• Measures approximately 8" x 8"

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