Travel Tefillin

Standard Batim are on average 33/34/35mm. For those who do a lot of traveling where every ounce is counted, and every inch in the suitcase is important you may want to consider these 28mm batim.

Weighing approx 8oz, which is half the weight of standard Tefilin and nearly half the footprint these are the smallest Gasos batim that can still hold a "regular size" Klaf for the Parshios.

​Batim smaller then 28mm will need smaller then standard size Parshios this will effect price and quality of Parshios considerably. As the smaller Parshios will have to be written on smaller Klaf and the Ksav needs to be written smaller.

Most Sofrim are not ready to write smaller then standard size Parshios and many are not able to do so, as it is very difficult to write Parshios properly with all the details in a smaller size. The Sofer must write slower then he is accustomed to, it is much more strenuous and he must be of a much higher caliber to be able to write beautifully so smaller.

Smaller then standard size Parahios are approximately $600+ more then equal quality Parshios in the Standard size Klaf.
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As well there are many more options of Mehudar Parshios in the regular size Klaf.

​This being the case you can understand why 28mm batim is a very good option to consider if you want smaller size batim without paying a premium for the Parshios and giving up the hiddur of your Tefillin.