Although the joke is that one gives a fountain pen for a Bar/Bat Mitzvah, the traditional gift from the parents is a tallit for the child. Last week we ordered nsshere‘s tallit and it arrived a few days ago, so I thought I would share it with folks (as most of you won’t be at the ceremony to see it). It is from one of our favorite companies for this, Silk Bijoux, who does hand-painted silk items (my wife has some lovely earrings from them that she got many years ago at a harvest festival). Anyway, back to the tallit. nsshere picked the Tree of Life design, which is a navy base with lots of red and oranges, to which we added a compatible kippah. They will make their debut at the Bat Mitzvah.