Global Thread Count: How a 13-Year-Old’s Tassels Became the Planet’s Smallest Supply-Chain Miracle
When the First Temple fell, the rabbis didn’t immediately issue a press release about resilience—they just kept the lights on, one thirteen-year-old boy at a time. Fast-forward 2,600 years and the barmitzvah strand, that slender coil of tzitzit dangling from a suddenly taller teenager, has become a surprisingly accurate global barometer. From the marble synagogues…