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Does it really not slip?
Does it come with a grip?
Is it machine washable?
They’re made of duct tape and silly putty
Well obviously the strings are made of wool
My shabbos Tallis is non slip, weekday is regular, slight difference
I’m just thinking now, maybe if the begged is made from silly putty and duct tape, the strings can also be made of silly putty and duct tape?
The ???? on such a ???? is ?????? ??????.
Duct tape/silly putty.
If I may say, I am disgusted at the amount of Judaica stores selling women’s tallis. I would say over 80 percent of world wide judaica stores sell them. Abominable.
They should make the women’s tallises (talleysim? tallisos?) extra slippery. That’ll teach ’em.
But kidding aside, it is really disgusting.
What women need is a Non-slip sheitel.
I would try Meno’s advice of using duct tape and silly putty, but I’m afraid that might be painful.
I am revolted just looking at them. All colourful and silky. I have quietly resolved not to buy any seforim from a Judaica store that sells womens’ tallisim. Which has severely limited the stores I can buy from now.
It’s like a man wearing a dress.
“I would say over 80 percent of world wide judaica stores sell them. Abominable.”
What?!!! Where do you live? I’ve never seen such a thing. Of course, I don’t usually frequent the Tallis section of the Sefarim store, so I wouldn’t notice anyhow. But I find it hard to imagine that any of the Sefarim stores I go to sell such a thing.
That is so sad! But then again, any store that sells such a thing is probably not a store you would want to go to anyhow. Who knows what else they have!
Getting back to the point of the original post…I have a non-slip and my talis still slips. Not sure what they do that makes the manufacturer believe that the talis wont slide off, but it does. I think the the nature of the material on which you wear the talis may make a difference, but my talis slips regardless.
I have a non slip and it doesn’t slip.
It’s not.
I do make an effort not to do any backflips in shul. Maybe that’s why my tallis stays on.
Meno: Maybe you are one of the lucky ones or you have very broad shoulders
Hmm. Maybe my shirts/jackets are non-slip.
wow, I never realized that being a boy and wearing a tallis is so complicated! No wonder you have to say “shelo asani isha” every morning to remind yourselves that it’s worth it!
wow, I never realized that being a boy and wearing a tallis is so complicated!
I’m a man, not a boy. Thank you
The question really is that when the talis was designed, was slippage a problem or was clothing so coarse that the talis clung to the garment. No one seems immuned from slippage, even Rabbonim, and yet I don’t see the no-slip talis as being the solution as it doesn’t seem to be foolproof.
Lilmod: it’s not complicated but truly being a frum male is pretty demanding on various levels beside the talis
Lilmod… I live in Australia. We have one or two stores here. No more. They can’t get most of the books I want so I am forced to acquire them from overseas. I am very aquainted with the who and what. There are extremely few stores that don’t sell womens’ tallisim.
If it is icy out, like it will be tomorrow, is it permissible to wear the no-slip tallis all day, to protect against falling on the ice?
Turns out those non-slip tallises are phony. I wore mine all day but I still slipped on the ice. I got a conk and the head, but I’ll be out of the hospital as soon as the double-vision stops.
Check the tzitzis.
Is there a reason why a tallis gadol can’t be designed like a tallis katan, with an opening that fits over your head? That would solve the “slipping off the shoulder” problem.
I have heard that one of the reasons why Chasidim wear a heavy Atara on their Talis is because they wear “zeidene” (satin or silk) kapotes which were slippery. The heavy atara kept the Talis from slipping off.
I use one on Shabbos. It’s not slip proof, but it definitely slips far less than the non-slip one I use during the week.
The Wolf
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