Interlinear Leather Machzor: 5 Volume Full Size Ashkenaz Alligator Leather, ArtScroll

ArtScroll's case for the interlinear format is worth quoting: "It's easy to pray with meaning in Hebrew with the new interlinear format developed by ArtScroll to give you maximum comprehension with minimum effort. How can this new format help you? See for yourself! Your eyes never budge from the Hebrew word." On the long days of Yom Tov, that is not a small thing.

This is the full-size Ashkenaz set: five leather-bound volumes covering the Yamim Noraim and the Shalosh Regalim, at 5.13 x 8.13 inches each. Full size is the right choice for someone who davens from a machzor set on a shtender or at a fixed seat - the type is comfortable for hours at a stretch, which is exactly what Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur demand.

The binding is alligator-grain leather. It gives the set a formal, textured finish that holds up to being handled for a full day of davening, and it looks like what it is: a set bought once and used for decades.

A five-volume leather machzor set is a landmark purchase - the sort of thing given for a wedding, an anniversary, a significant birthday, or in memory of a parent whose seat you now sit in. Orders at this level ship free, and returns are accepted for 15 days with return postage on the customer or the set brought back to Judaica Square.

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