The Rbbinical Tartan kilt is here!

I have just received my newest kilt fashioned on a tartan of my own Co-Design and Ownership. It's called the "Rabbinical Tartan" and is restricted to Ordained Rabbis only. In about 11 months , the kilt was Co-Designed and fashioned by a Master Kilter and Tartan Designer, Mr. Gary Berreth, into an unique, " Heirloom Quality", traditional "military style" kilt containing 56 pleats! The only one in the world! Another kilt, made on the sett (dress style) is being made now, due for completiong on the Fall 2011.

The concept of tartans beings restricted to clergy of other denominations, whlie not numerous, is a standard practise of many clerics, who have design and legally registered tartans for their unique religious denomination, now archived by The Scotish Register of Tartans (SRT). Though the SRT is a relatively young branch of the Scottish Government, it obtained and consolidated archived tartans from by organisations in Scotland that preeded it by many, many years.

The Scottish Register of Tartans contains several of said restircted clerical tartans in its archives. For those who are of the Jewish faith, there are other unrestricted Jewish Tartans (Jewish Tartan, Am Yisrael Chai, and others) registered with the Scottish Register of Tartans; however, but this is the only one restricted to Rabbis (Jewish clergyperson).


This reason for such restriction was necessary in order to avoid disecration of the symbols and meanings the Rabbinical Tartan contains. It is a tartan replete with Mystic and Kabbalistics meanings in its design. Its design employed the Fibonacci Mathematical sequencing system, and the Ancient Art and Science of Gematria, which attributes mystic meanings based on the numberical value of Hebrew letters [like the Romans numbers, where I=1, V=5, X=10, etc.] or the use of numbers (of treads) to find the same Mystic values by reverse application of letters to numbers, thus creating words of Kabbalistic significance.

The first kilt made using this tartan was fashioned in accordance with the Laws of Shaa'neetz, which prohibits the mixture or commingling of diferrent types of materials (no wool and linen can be in the same garment), made by a Kilt Maker who is observant of Shabbat and Yamim Tovim (Sabbath and Holy Days). The kilter also developed an unique method of of using special stabilising materials and procedures, capable of handling extreme pulling of the tartan without any shifting of the tartan. This process remains proprietary and confidential. The kilting took 11 months.

The kilt was entirely hand-made, and has 56 pleats containing over 25,000 (yes, 25 thousand!) hand-sewn stitches using gold needles, all done under strict Rabbinical supervision, ensuring its compliance with Jewish laws regarding the crafting of garments and guarding against the prohibition of mixture of certain textiles, such as wool and linnen. The result? A one-of-a-kind, "heirloom quality" art masterpiece and an unique religiously-significant "treasure"!

For more information about: The Rabbinical Tartan, please visit: http://www.californiabagpiper.com/id56.html/ (note: this is not a commercial website, nor can anyone purchase anything through it, in accordance with the rules of this Forum).

This website contains a detailed explanation of the Rabbinical Tartan, and its connection to Scotland.

Shalom and Alba Gu Brah!

Rabbi Dr. Raphael Pazo
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