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Every so often, a Jewish invention comes along that makes you wonder how it didn’t exist already. This year’s breakout product — and one that will quickly become a staple in tallit bags across communities — is Tallit Magnets, a beautifully simple, brilliantly designed way to keep your tallit exactly where it belongs. For many tallit-wearers, it feels like one of their prayers has finally been answered.
Unlike traditional clips and chains (which some of us have resigned ourselves to using despite their limitations), Tallit Magnets offer a new approach that feels obvious once you try it: instead of trying to hold your tallit together in front of your neck, they secure it on top of your shoulders, exactly where the slipping problem begins.
Because the magnets are completely hidden when worn, they don’t change the look of a tallit — they just change how it behaves. Instead of slipping, shifting, or needing constant adjustment, the tallit stays put, allowing wearers to focus on tefillah instead of tugging at fabric.
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What Early Customers Are Saying
This clever new Judaica product quietly launched over Chanukah, and the first wave of customers has been quick to share just how dramatic the difference feels. One early buyer wrote, “Great. Keeps my heavy Shabbos tallis on. Nothing I’ve tried before did.” Another added, “I love these magnets. Simple to use and invisible, and they keep my tallit on my shoulders seamlessly.”
Others echoed the same experience of finally being able to daven without distraction. “I was constantly readjusting my tallit and now it stays in place all of davening,” one customer shared, while another wrote, “Love my Tallit Magnets! Very easy to use and they camouflage into my tallit perfectly.”
Beyond the performance, buyers have also been impressed by the design and build quality. “These Tallit Magnets are a total game changer. They are small, discreet, and beautifully made,” wrote one reviewer, while another summed it up simply: “What a great idea, and beautifully executed.”
Several customers have even begun ordering additional sets as gifts, with one noting, “Makes a great buy and a great gift for the davener in your life.”
From a Personal Frustration to a Patent-Pending Product
Tallit Magnets were invented by Zach Grossman, a pharmaceutical advertising art director and Judaica artist (Zaq Shane) who has been dealing with this tallit problem since he was a teenager.
“I started wearing a tallit at my bar mitzvah,” Grossman explains. “My mother, A”H, wove my bar mitzvah tallit by hand, so of course I continued to wear it for a number of years afterward even though it wasn’t my minhag. But it slipped constantly. Tallit clips would break, chains would snap, and even when they stayed on, they didn’t actually keep the tallit on my shoulders.”
Years later, when Grossman got married and purchased a new tallit, the problem got worse. “The weave was finer and the tallit was bigger — it slipped even more. I knew there had to be a better way.”
The breakthrough came when he realized why clips never really worked.
“Securing a tallit in front of your neck doesn’t solve the real issue,” he says. “The slipping happens on the shoulders. Once I realized that, magnets made perfect sense.”
Designing them, however, took years. The magnets needed to be strong enough to hold a tallit securely through a suit jacket, but safe enough not to snap together dangerously or damage delicate fabric.
“I figured out how to make them by hand a long time ago,” Grossman says, “but mass-producing them the right way took over ten years. Between my creative career, and building a family, it was a long road — but we finally got it right.”
In 2020, Grossman went through treatment for colon cancer. Baruch Hashem, it was successful and he is healthy today — but the experience became a turning point and changed how he looked at time and purpose.
“It woke me up,” he says. “You suddenly realize how precious time is. I had artistic ideas and inventions sitting in my head for years, and I felt a real responsibility to finally bring them into the world.”
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