When I started my Etsy Judaica shop as an unemployed newlywed in 2014, I had no idea that “miniature books” would eventually be an entire category in my product line. But in 2017, I got a message from a past buyer: “Do you have a set of Tanya or the Talmud in 1:12 scale please? Any other Judaica?”

I didn’t, but I love Jewish books and I have always loved miniatures, so I figured, why not me?

It took a couple years for me to work out the specifics, but I ended up creating over 80 pieces of 12+ different books for her, including multiple sets of Talmud volumes, a set of Midrash Rabbah, a JPS Tanakh, an Etz Hayim Humash (see also: Eitz Chayim Chumash), Passover haggadahs, the Five Megillot, B’Kol Echad benchers, and, yes, a five-volume set of Tanya (not yet posted for general sale, but if you’re looking for one, hit me up).