Valles Hamekoiry Plach Tzitzis Strings Hand Spindle Set for Four Corners

Plach refers to the hand spindle. Rather than drawing the strand on a wheel, the spinner works it on the spindle itself, the older and slower method, and the grade takes its name from that. This is a full four corner set of white strings from the Valles Hamekoiry line, sitting above the nupatz lishma level.

The hidur here is in the process rather than in anything visible across a shul. A man who buys plach strings is buying the way they were made, and generally he is putting them on one particular beged that matters to him. If these are going onto a tallis gadol, plan the keshira before starting, because the strands are long and the winding takes patience.

The Valles Hamekoiry range is worth understanding before choosing within it. Mehudar and nupatz lishma come in beneath this, and plach giza lishma, where the shearing itself is done lishmah, sits above it. Each level is a real distinction rather than a marketing tier, and a rav can tell you which one answers what you are actually looking for.

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