Cleaning a Tallis

BarTopDancer · 07-15-2009, 02:25 PM

I've been cleaning out my "old room" at my parents place, taking the stuff I never had room for, or forgot about even though I haven't lived at "home" for years. Anyways, I came across my Tallis in my old dresser. It's been in it's case, but it smells kinda musty, since it hasn't seen the inside of a Synagogue in 15 or so years. I've let it "air out" but it hasn't helped. I have Googled and everything I find says you can wash it on gentle cycle, but I'm afraid of it getting tangled. I don't really want to pay to dry clean it. I was thinking Dryell would be ok.

I'm hoping with our fairly large Jewish contingent that someone here would have some first hand experience with cleaning one. I'm not sure what it's made of, I just know it's not wool.

Ghoulish Delight · 07-15-2009, 02:30 PM

Well you can always start by hand washing it with some woolite.

innerSpaceman · 07-15-2009, 02:31 PM

It's against Jaweh's will to clean a tallis. You must burn it with cedar wood, and spread the ashes in a river.

Sorry.

Or maybe Ghoulish Delight is right. I forget which.

Chernabog · 07-15-2009, 03:01 PM

http://mytalit.com/2009/02/13/cleaning-your-tallit/

Came across that page.

Though it seems odd that there's a website devoted to tallit.

BarTopDancer · 07-15-2009, 03:10 PM

Thanks Cherny. I'm not sure how I didn't come across that site during my search.

I think I'll try the hand washing method in Woolite. Not sure why I didn't think of that before I posted. Thanks GD!

Tref · 07-15-2009, 03:12 PM

I can tell you how to clean Mel Tillis.

Alex · 07-15-2009, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

It's been in it's case, but it smells kinda musty, since it hasn't seen the inside of a Synagogue in 15 or so years.

Well, if you're chain of causality is correct, I would say take it into a synagogue.

If I'd known that synagogues cure mustiness I have an uncle we'd have forced to convert.

Strangler Lewis · 07-15-2009, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

It's been in it's case, but it smells kinda musty, since it hasn't seen the inside of a Synagogue in 15 or so years.

That reminds me of the old joke where the rabbi tells the priest how he solved the synagogue's rat problem.

Bornieo: Fully Loaded · 07-15-2009, 04:49 PM

I skimed and had to re-read but was gonna post - "Be sure to remove the batteries first."

Disneyphile · 07-15-2009, 05:02 PM

Try sealing it in a bag with a few Bounce sheets (use the actual name brand ones). It takes about a week to two weeks, but it can totally refresh fabric and remove odors without damaging it. I've actually used that method to remove embedded cat urine odor in some items, and it's worked.

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BarTopDancer Prepping... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Here, there, everywhere Posts: 11,405	Cleaning a Tallis I've been cleaning out my "old room" at my parents place, taking the stuff I never had room for, or forgot about even though I haven't lived at "home" for years. Anyways, I came across my Tallis in my old dresser. It's been in it's case, but it smells kinda musty, since it hasn't seen the inside of a Synagogue in 15 or so years. I've let it "air out" but it hasn't helped. I have Googled and everything I find says you can wash it on gentle cycle, but I'm afraid of it getting tangled. I don't really want to pay to dry clean it. I was thinking Dryell would be ok. I'm hoping with our fairly large Jewish contingent that someone here would have some first hand experience with cleaning one. I'm not sure what it's made of, I just know it's not wool. __________________ Spork is the new MacGyver Postcards From My Edge
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Well you can always start by hand washing it with some woolite. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	It's against Jaweh's will to clean a tallis. You must burn it with cedar wood, and spread the ashes in a river. Sorry. Or maybe Ghoulish Delight is right. I forget which.
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Chernabog Biophage Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Moon Posts: 2,679	http://mytalit.com/2009/02/13/cleaning-your-tallit/ Came across that page. Though it seems odd that there's a website devoted to tallit. __________________ And they say back then our universe Was a coal black egg Until the god inside Burst out and from its shattered shell He made what became the world we know ~ Bjork (Cosmogony)
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BarTopDancer Prepping... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Here, there, everywhere Posts: 11,405	Thanks Cherny. I'm not sure how I didn't come across that site during my search. I think I'll try the hand washing method in Woolite. Not sure why I didn't think of that before I posted. Thanks GD! __________________ Spork is the new MacGyver Postcards From My Edge
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Tref Not Tref Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,188	I can tell you how to clean Mel Tillis. __________________ Tref3.0 Listen in aural 3-D to Pop's muzak! (New songs added semi-bi-daily) j & j Did you know that Emas eht yltcaxe is exactly the same spelled backwards?!
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Bornieo: Fully Loaded Lego Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Disneyland, USA Posts: 3,704	I skimed and had to re-read but was gonna post - "Be sure to remove the batteries first."
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Disneyphile SQUIRREL! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: On the curbside. Posts: 5,098	Try sealing it in a bag with a few Bounce sheets (use the actual name brand ones). It takes about a week to two weeks, but it can totally refresh fabric and remove odors without damaging it. I've actually used that method to remove embedded cat urine odor in some items, and it's worked.
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