Tallis magnets... how do they work? 🪓🤡

"Every so often, a #Jewish invention comes along that makes you wonder how it didn’t exist already. This year’s breakout product — and one that will quickly become a staple in #tallit bags across communities — is Tallit #Magnets, a beautifully simple, brilliantly designed way to keep your tallit exactly where it belongs. For many tallit-wearers, it feels like one of their prayers has finally been answered."

https://yeahthatskosher.com/2026/01/tallit-magnets-new-jewish-invention-already-winning-rave-reviews/

"I was walking home from a #Shabbat morning service, wearing a #kippah and carrying my #tallit bag in my urbane, diverse #NewJersey town, when a pickup truck slowed down beside me. The driver rolled down his window and yelled something. I won’t repeat it here, but I can say with certainty it was not “#ShabbatShalom.”

Why? Because of a small piece of fabric on my large, bald head.

My truck-driving antagonist was in good company. On social media, bigots will refer to #Jews as “the little hat people.”

"...During the 1968 #NewYorkCity school teachers’ strike, which aroused #antisemitism, an announcer on radio station WBAI-FM read a poem written by a school child, dedicated to #AlbertShanker, the Jewish head of the teachers’ union: “Hey, #Jew boy, with that #yarmulke on your head/You pale-faced Jew-boy, I wish you were dead.” Shanker, in fact, did not wear a yarmulke."

https://religionnews.com/2026/01/08/jews-and-hats-a-thousand-year-old-love-story/

I really enjoy the #etymology-website, BaLashon! It investigates #Hebrew - (#Biblical, #Talmudic, Medieval and Modern) and connections to languages like #Aramaic, #Arabic, #Akkadian and #Yiddish; also, how #Greek, #Latin and #English have entered Hebrew, and how Hebrew has affected those languages.

The most recent article is on the possible roots of the word #tallit ~ you can read it here: https://www.balashon.com/2024/06/tallit.html

#Tzitzit are specially knotted ritual fringes worn by observant Jews. The knotting and winding pattern on the strings represents the 613 #mitzvot in the #Torah. They are attached to the four corners of the #tallit (prayer shawl) May they be colored? There is some room for flexibility

https://merrimackvalleyhavurah.wordpress.com/2021/12/14/may-one-wear-colorful-tzitzit/

@mazeldon
#Jewdiverse

https://shj.org/why-i-wear-a-humanistic-tallit/

Sharing this essay (previously published in #HumanisticJudaism magazine) that discusses the process of creating a Humanistic #tallit, as well as some of the broader issues involved in the creation of #Jewish #RitualObjects

#Mazeldon @mazeldon