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Where do you put the tzitzit holes on your tallit? Follow this ancient rule of thumb
Tallit / Torah and Mitzvot

Where do you put the tzitzit holes on your tallit? Follow this ancient rule of thumb

Posted on May 28 by Sew Jewish

So you’ve finished making the main body of your tallit —or tallis, prayer shawl— and you’re ready to add the corner pieces, the square pieces of fabric that decorate the corners of the tallit and help reinforce the holes for the tzitzit strings. Does it matter how close to the edges of the tallit you … Continue reading →

Tips for Making a Tallit Katan
Projects and Tutorials / Tallit

Tips for Making a Tallit Katan

Posted on March 19 by Sew Jewish

Yesterday a reader wrote to ask for advice on how to make a tallit katan, the small tallit typically worn under a shirt for daily use. It’s something I had been looking into although I haven’t written up a project, so I thought I’d share with you what I know. Because making a tallit katan … Continue reading →

Let’s Talk About This Menorah
Hanukkah / Holidays / Symbols

Let’s Talk About This Menorah

Posted on September 21 by Sew Jewish

One of the cool things about the new school year is that my daughters are bringing home some really interesting books, like my oldest daughter’s art history book. It includes a photograph of a frieze from the Arch of Titus in Rome, pictured above. My youngest daughter said that when one of her day school … Continue reading →

Hear, O Israel, It’s Time to Meditate
Spiritual Audacity

Hear, O Israel, It’s Time to Meditate

Posted on July 6 by Sew Jewish

My daughters recently took up yoga, which means I’m now on the hook to sew a bag for my oldest daughter to carry her yoga mat –but more about that later. Thinking about yoga’s meditative aspects sent me back to my bookshelf yesterday to take another look at Jewish Meditation, the guide written by Aryeh … Continue reading →

How to Sew Your Own Tallit
Bar-Bat Mitzvah / Holidays / Projects and Tutorials / Tallit

How to Sew Your Own Tallit

Posted on August 4 by Sew Jewish • 17 Comments

Update: You’ll now find full instructions for a tallit as well as a tallit bag, kippah, and other projects in the Sew Jewish book, available in paperback from Amazon and in PDF format directly from Sew Jewish. The tallit is the one sewing project (besides the curtains that hung in the Tabernacle and Temple and … Continue reading →

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