Monday, April 23, 2018

minhag - (Tefach) Wide Gartel


Some use a very wide gartel. A friend of mine mentioned an inyan (Judaism-sourced idea) that the gartel should be wider than one tefach. Can someone source this inyan that the gartel should be (more than a tefach) wide — or the lack thereof?


Interestingly, the priestly gartel was slightly less than a tefach.


Wide gartelach




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