Gefluchten Atarah Style #511, Four Widths from 3.5 to 6.25 Inches

Style #511 is the one that covers the whole range. Four widths of the same braided gefluchten band, all cut to 38 inches long, so a family can settle on one pattern and still put the right proportion on four different talleisim. The braid is continuous along the band and gives the collar a raised, worked surface rather than a flat printed one.

Start at 3.5 inches for the narrowest and most conservative look, or for a smaller tallis where anything wider goes heavy. Four and a half is the everyday width. Five and a half is the fuller band most men choose for a standard full-size wool tallis. The 6.25 is the broad cut, and it belongs on a large heavy tallis whose collar can carry it. Nothing else changes between them — same pattern, same length, only the width.

Because all four sizes live in one design, this is the number to pick when a father and a bar mitzvah bochur want the identical atarah in proportions that suit each of them.

• Malchut design #511
• Size: 3 (3.5'' x 38''), 4 (4.5'' x 38''), 5 (5.5'' x 38''), 6 (6.25'' x 38'')

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