The Tallis - an essential part of any bar/bat mitzvah ensemble.

After spending a year knitting a gorgeous blue tallis bag for my son, my mother was determined to find the tallis that would do the bag justice. Yellow pages were searched for Judaica stores; the lower East Side of New York was scoured for the specimen. Finally, Ben and Grandma walked into a local store and within moments he had picked out a tallis that would cover his shoulders while praying.