Pocket Tefillin Mirror in Grey Leather, 4 x 3.5 #1577

Grey leather, design #1577, measuring 4" x 3.5" — a personal mirror sized to travel with your tefillin every day rather than to sit at home. The grey is a muted, cool tone that suits a black or grey bag and stays unobtrusive inside it.

The job is checking the shel rosh: centred, above the hairline, with the knot seated correctly behind. It takes a moment and it removes the doubt, which is worth more on the mornings you are davening somewhere unfamiliar than on the ones you are in your regular seat. Kept in the bag pocket it needs no thought at all.

Leather rather than plastic is the right call for something opened and closed daily for years. A leather mirror softens with use and keeps its shape; the cheap alternatives split at the fold and then get replaced twice a decade. At this size it costs the bag nothing in weight or space.

• Malchut design #1577-
• Material: Leather
• Measures 4''x 3

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