Showing posts with label crafting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crafting. Show all posts

Thursday, January 25, 2007

Crowning glory

The piece of fabric which lies behind the neck when wearing a tallit is an atarah, which strictly translates to crown. While I admire people who attempt to make an entire tallit, a more manageable endeavor would be to make an atarah for a premade tallit.
Here are some beautiful examples of atarot designed by Lisa Sambol, a graduate of M.I.T. who now creates such things in Israel. How lucky we are that Lisa is channeling her energies and intelligence in this direction!














While I was surfing the almighty web on this topic, I found there was an interesting discussion in 2000 on a website whether one should wear a decorative atarah or not. There were those who found them flashy and distracting and those who said they were family heirlooms. I find them rather beautiful. But for those of us who are not silversmiths who want to make our own atarot, I recommend looking at a couple of websites The Magic Needle and the California Stitchery. If you make something, why not send me a pic?
And to end today's posting, a couple more of Lisa's atarot- ala Agam