(IsraelNN.com) A new kosher kilt for Jews in Scotland is blue and white and adheres to the Torah prohibition against mixing linen and wool.

The first kosher Scottish kilt, made completely of wool in keeping the Torah prohibition against mixing wool and linen, soon will be available with a special blue and white tartan dedicated to the Jewish community in Scotland. The tartan also will be used for Kippot (skullcaps), according to the Scotland Herald.

The idea was dreamed up by dentist Dr. Clive Shmulian, who thought about a Jewish tartan while wearing his Flower of Scotland tartan kilt. "Our tartans can be worn by anybody linked to Judaism or Israel, so we expect interest from expats and Jewish people in Scotland," he said. All profits from sales of the kilts will be donated to charity.
 
The tartan features a blue pattern with intersecting lines of red and gold, and was designed with Jewish heritage in mind, Chabad Rabbi Mendel Jacobs said. "The blue and white represent the colors of the Israeli and Scottish flags, with the central gold line representing the gold from the biblical Tabernacle, the Ark of the Covenant and the many ceremonial vessels. The silver is from the decorations adorning our Torah scrolls, and the red represents the wine we use for Kiddush.”

Jews have resided in Scotland for more than three centuries without their own tartan. Rabbi Jacobs, who may be the only Scottish-born rabbi in the country, said that the new tartan gives the Jewish community special pride.
 
"Scotland has a rich tapestry of culture and history, Rabbi Jacobs said, noting that the first Jewish resident of Edinburgh was recorded in 1691."When England was exiling its Jews in the Middle Ages, Scotland provided a safe haven from English and European anti-Semitism."

Stanley Lovatt, chairman of the JewishNational Fund in Scotland, helped raise cash for the project. "I think this is a wonderful idea. I think it is innovative and novel. It's more than likely that I'll get a kilt myself," he told the Herald.

"Those of us that were born in Scotland are very proud to wear the kilt and be associated with tartan and we wear it with pride. I know, having worn tartan abroad, that it creates an incredible reaction."