In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “fringes or tassles”. Today it says “specially knotted ritual fringes”.
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Tzitzit, with a thread of tekhelet Tzitzit ( Ashkenazi pronunciation: tzitzis ) are fringes or tassles ( Hebrew : ציצת (Biblical), ציצית (Mishnaic)) found on a tallit worn by observant Jews as part of practicing Judaism . In current Orthodox Judaism it is usually only worn by males.1
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A Tzitzit (plural: tzitzyot, also spelled Tzitzis), ( Hebrew : Biblical ציצת Modern ציצית ) is the "fringe" or "tassel" attached to four-cornered garments, including the tallit (prayer shawl) and tallit katan , worn by observant Jewish men.
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The Hebrew noun tzitzit ( Hebrew : ציצית , Modern : tzitzit , Tiberian : sˤisˤiṯ ) is the name for specially knotted ritual fringes, or tassels, worn in antiquity by Israelites and today by observant Jews and Samaritans .Tzitzit are attached to the four corners of the tallit (prayer shawl) and tallit katan (everyday undergarment).Other pronunciations include Biblical and Middle Eastern (i.e., Mizrachi ): ṣiṣit , Spanish and Mediterranean (i.e., Sephardic ): tzitzit ; European and Yiddish (i.e., Ashkenazi ): tzitzis ; Yemenite (i.e., Temani ): ṣiṣith ; Samaritan : ṣaṣat .
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Ritual prayer shawl in Judaism Tzitzit ( Hebrew : צִיצִית , Modern : tsitsit , Tiberian : ṣiṣiṯ ; plural tsitsiyot ) are specially knotted ritual fringes , or tassels , worn in antiquity by Israelites and today by observant Jews and Samaritans .Tzitzit are attached to the four corners of the tallit gadol , (prayer shawl) usually referred to simply as a tallit or tallis ; and tallit katan (everyday undergarment).Other pronunciations include Sephardic : ṣiṣit ; Ashkenazi : tzitzis ; Yemenite ( Temani ): ṣiṣith ; and Samaritan: ṣeṣet .
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Knotted threads on the corners of a Tallit Gadol or Tallit Katan in Judaism Tzitzit ( ṣīṣīṯ , ; plural צִיצִיּוֹת ṣīṣiyyōṯ , Ashkenazi : tzitzis ; and Samaritan : ࠑࠉࠑࠉࠕ ṣeṣet ) are specially knotted ritual fringes , or tassels , worn in antiquity by Israelites and today by observant Jews and Samaritans . Tzitzit are usually attached to the four corners of the tallit gadol (prayer shawl), usually referred to simply as a tallit or tallis ; and tallit katan (everyday undershirt). Through synecdoche , a tallit katan may be referred to as tzitzit .
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Knotted threads on the corners of a Tallit Gadol or Tallit Katan in Judaism Tzitzit ( Hebrew : צִיצִית ṣīṣīṯ , [tsiˈtsit] ; plural צִיצִיּוֹת ṣīṣiyyōṯ , Ashkenazi : tzitzis ; and Samaritan : ࠑࠉࠑࠉࠕ ṣeṣet ) are specially knotted ritual fringes , or tassels , worn in antiquity by Israelites and today by observant Jews and Samaritans . Tzitzit are usually attached to the four corners of the tallit gadol (prayer shawl), usually referred to simply as a tallit or tallis ; and tallit katan (everyday undershirt). Through synecdoche , a tallit katan may be referred to as tzitzit .
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fringes or tassles
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specially knotted ritual fringes
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