Tallit

A man wearing a prayer shawl draped over the head during prayer A tallit ( ) Tilet ( ) ( taleth or talet in Sephardic Hebrew and Ladino ) ( tallis , in Ashkenazic Hebrew and Yiddish ) pl. tallitot ( talleisim , tallism , or tallithim in Ashkenazic Hebrew and Yiddish) is a Jewish prayer shawl. A tallit is worn during the morning prayers ( Shacharit ) on weekdays, Shabbat and holidays. The tallit has special twined and knotted fringes known as tzitzit attached to its four corners. The tallit can be made of any materials except a mixture of wool and linen interwoven which is strictly prohibited by the Torah. Most traditional tallitot are made of wool. The Pillar of Salt . The Veil: Women Writers on its History, Lore, and Politics .

A tallit ( ) ( talit in Modern Hebrew ) ( tālēt in Sephardic Hebrew and Ladino ) ( tallis , in Ashkenazic Hebrew and Yiddish ) pl. tallitot ( talleisim , tallism , in Ashkenazic Hebrew and Yiddish) ( ṭālēth - ṭelāyōth in Tiberian Hebrew) is a Jewish prayer shawl. The tallit is worn over the outer clothes during the morning prayers ( Shacharit ) and worn during all prayers on Yom Kippur . The tallit has special twined and knotted fringes known as tzitzit attached to its four corners. Most traditional tallitot are made of wool, silk, or linen. Tallitot are often first worn by children on their Bar Mitzvahs . In orthodox , Ashkenazi circles, a Tallit is customarily presented to a groom before marriage as part of the dowry . The Veil: Women Writers on its History, Lore, and Politics .

Ritual prayer shawl in Judaism A white tallit according to some Sephardic traditions A tallit with black stripes according to the Orthodox Ashkenazic tradition A folded tallit A tallit ( talit in Modern Hebrew ; tālēt in Sephardic Hebrew and Ladino ; tallis in Ashkenazic Hebrew and Yiddish ) (pl. tallitot , talleisim , tallism in Ashkenazic Hebrew and Yiddish; ṭālēth / ṭelāyōth in Tiberian Hebrew) is a fringed garment, traditionally worn as a prayer shawl by religious Jews. The tallit has special twined and knotted fringes known as tzitzit attached to its four corners. The cloth part is known as the "beged" (lit. garment) and is usually made from wool or cotton, although silk is sometimes used for a tallit gadol. The term is, to an extent, ambiguous. It can refer either to the "tallit katan" (small tallit) item that can be worn over or under clothing and commonly referred to as "tzitzit", or to the "tallit gadol" (big tallit) Jewish prayer shawl worn over the outer clothes during the morning prayers ( Shacharit ) and worn during all prayers on Yom Kippur . The term "tallit" alone, usually refers to the tallit gadol. There are different traditions regarding the age from which a tallit gadol is used, even within Orthodox Judaism . In some communities, it is first worn from bar mitzvah (though the tallit katan is worn from pre-school age). In many Ashkenazi circles, a tallit gadol is worn only from marriage, and in some communities it may be customarily presented to a groom before marriage as a wedding present or even as part of a dowry . The Veil: Women Writers on its History, Lore, and Politics .

Jewish prayer shawl A white tallit according to some Sephardic traditions A tallit with black stripes according to the Orthodox Ashkenazic tradition A folded tallit A tallit is a fringed garment worn as a prayer shawl by religious Jews . The tallit has special twined and knotted fringes known as tzitzit attached to its four corners. The cloth part is known as the beged ("garment") and is usually made from wool or cotton, although silk is sometimes used for a tallit gadol. The term is, to an extent, ambiguous. It can refer either to the tallit katan ("small tallit") item that can be worn over or under clothing and commonly referred to as "tzitzit", or to the tallit gadol ("big tallit") Jewish prayer shawl worn over the outer clothes during the morning prayers ( Shacharit ) and worn during all prayers on Yom Kippur . The term "tallit" alone, usually refers to the tallit gadol. There are different traditions regarding the age from which a tallit gadol is used, even within Orthodox Judaism . In some communities, it is first worn from bar mitzvah (though the tallit katan is worn from pre-school age). In many Ashkenazi circles, a tallit gadol is worn only from marriage, and in some communities it may be customarily presented to a groom before marriage as a wedding present or even as part of a dowry . The Veil: Women Writers on its History, Lore, and Politics . There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).

Jewish prayer shawl A white wool tallit, following one Sephardic custom A rayon tallit with black stripes, in the style popular among Conservative Jews . A folded tallit with the Chabad pattern A tallit , taleth , or tallis is a fringed garment worn as a prayer shawl by religious Jews . The tallit has special twined and knotted fringes known as tzitzit attached to its four corners. The cloth part is known as the beged ("garment") and is usually made from wool or cotton, although silk is sometimes used for a tallit gadol . The term is, to an extent, ambiguous. It can refer either to the tallit katan ("small tallit") item worn over or under clothing (commonly referred to as " tzitzit "), or to the tallit gadol ("big tallit") worn over the outer clothes during Shacharit —the morning Jewish prayer service—and all of the Yom Kippur prayer services. The term "tallit" alone typically refers to the tallit gadol . There are diverse traditions regarding the age at which a tallit gadol is first used, including within Orthodox Judaism . In some Sephardic Orthodox communities, young boys wear a tallit even before becoming b'nei mitzvah . In some communities, it is worn beginning with a boy's bar mitzvah —though the tallit katan is often worn from preschool age. In many Orthodox Ashkenazi Jewish communities, a tallit gadol is worn only after marriage and may be given to a groom as a wedding present or, in the most conservative communities, as part of a dowry . The Veil: Women Writers on its History, Lore, and Politics . There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).