Gefluchten Atarah Style #733, 5.5 x 38 Inch Band

Number #733 in the gefluchten range, cut 5.5 inches wide and 38 inches long. The braid is worked across the full width of the band, so the collar of the tallis carries a textured strip rather than a plain woven edge, and the difference shows from a distance in a way that most tallis upgrades do not.

Five and a half inches is the width most men land on. It fills the collar of a standard full-size wool tallis without spilling past the shoulder line, and the 38 inch length matches the ordinary collar run, so it goes on where the old atarah came off. If you are ordering for a bar mitzvah bochur rather than a grown man, this width is on the generous side and is worth checking against his tallis before you commit.

Design #733 also runs in Malchut's tallis and tefillin bags, which is the reason to write the number down. A man who buys the atarah and the bag in one design ends up with a set that looks deliberate rather than assembled over time.

• Malchut design #733
• Size: 5 (5.5'' X 38'')

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