We are glad to share a feedback received just before Pesach by Natan Peres, Chief Rabbi of The Jewish Community of Lisbon (Comunidade Israelita de Lisboa). “New silk Talet arrived right on time for Pesach! In typical Portuguese style, in the corners we have embroidered the image from an Etz Haim manuscript by Isaac Lopez de Almeida, same family name as one of my ancestors, who was also a Shochet. Great job by Talled di Seta and Dora Piperno who was a huge help along the way -

A tallit is a fringed garment traditionally worn by Jews. The tallit has special twined and knotted fringes known as tzitzit attached to its four corners. The tzitzit on each corner is made of four strands. These strands are then threaded and hang down, appearing to be eight. The four strands are passed through a hole 20 to 50 mm away from the corner of the cloth. The tzitzit must be made by a religious Jew. In the Italian Jewish tradition, until the 1970s, men would frequent