(plural-tallitot) Four-cornered prayer shawl with fringes (tzitzit) attached, worn by Torah-Observant men during tefillah (prayer) and during Shabbat services. Bemidbar / Numbers 15:37-41
Prayer shawl draped around shoulders during services. Made of a rectangular piece of cloth with fringes (Tzitzit), it is usually white with blue or black stripes.
"Cover, sheet, cloak". (plural: tallitot) Generally, the prayer shawl with tzitzit on its corners. Another garment with tzitzit on its corners, worn under outer garments, is a kind of vest called the tallit katan ('small tallit') or arba kanfot ('four corners').
or tallis (Hebrew, "cloak"), pl. tallisim — Four-cornered prayer shawl with fringes or tassels (zitzit) at each corner.
A large, four-cornered shawl with fringes and special knots at the extremities, worn during Jewish morning prayers. The fringes, according to the Bible (Numbers 15.38-39), remind the worshiper of God's commandments. It is traditional for the male to be buried in his tallit, but without its fringes.
Heb. (prayer shawl) Four-cornered, fringed shawl worn by adults during prayer.
A Jewish prayer shawl. Its most important aspect are the four fringes of knotted string at the corners, called tsitsit, which traditionally symbolize the mitsvot.
Prayer shawl, worn by men during morning services.
A Jewish prayer shawl. Teffilin - Also known as phylacteries. The teffilin consists of two small boxes made of leather and containing verses from the Bible. These are worn on the forehead and upper arm during Bar Mitzvah ceremonies.
Prayer shawl with four fringes.
prayershawl with tzitzit at the corners. See Tallit.
the prayer shawl worn by men when they pray in the synagogue. It is traditionally white with blue edges.
A four-cornered garment to which ritual fringes (tzitzit/tzitzi'ot) are affixed. The knots in the fringes represent the name of God and remind us of God's commandments. The tallit can also be drawn about oneself or around the bride and groom to symbolize divine protection.
Prayer Shawl. Plural of tallit is tallisim or tallitot.
A shawl-like garment worn during morning services, with tzitzit (long fringes) attached to the corners as a reminder of the commandments. Talmud The most significant collection of the Jewish oral tradition interpreting the Torah.
a four cornered garment worn during prayers
a four-cornered shawl worn by observant Jews
a garment with four corners with fringes (tzitzit) and we wear it due to the passage in the Torah which we read at every service as the third paragraph of the Sh'ma
a large angle of either linen, wool or other natural fibers, and have the long fringes made from specific fibers and tied in specific knots
a rectangular garment - four corners being the basic requirement
Shawl worn by Jewish men during prayer.
the prayer shawl worn by Jewish males during prayer and in synagogue.
A four-cornered prayer shawl.
Prayer shawl with tzitzit (fringed edges), based on the command in Numbers 15:38 and Deuteronomy 22:12 that men wear Tzitzit on their garments. The prayer shawl is a rabbinic compromise to this law since a tallit isn't quite a garment, but it does contain tzitzit.
(plural; tallis singular) - Prayer shawl
(tah-LEET) pl. tallitot (tah-lee-TOTE); fringed prayer shawl symbolizing the enfolding of the mitzvot incumbent upon Jewish men to fulfill. Worn during morning prayers. Tallis (TAH-liss), Yiddish for tallit.
(Hebrew, or Yiddish) In Judaism: a ritual prayer shawl, with braided fringes attached to each of its four corners.
A prayer shawl that has tassels (tzitzit) at each of the four corners. The purpose of the tallit was to hold the tzitzit (see Tzitzit). The Israeli flag with its blue stripes is patterned after the tallit.
Prayer Shawl. A rectangular shawl worn during prayer, in the synagogue, usually made of white wool, cotton, or silk, and often has blue or black stripes on the ends and an ornamental strip worn near the neck. Tied into the white garment is a white and blue fringe ( tzitzit), worn in fulfillment of the biblical commandment (Numbers 15:37-41). Serves as a personal sanctuary.
(TAH-lit; TAH-lis) A shawl-like garment worn during morning services, with tzitzit (long fringes) attached to the corners as a reminder of the commandments.
The tallit (Modern Hebrew: ) or tallet(h) (Sephardi Hebrew: ), also called talles (Yiddish), is a prayer shawl that is worn during the morning Jewish services (the Shacharit prayers) in Judaism, during the Torah service, and on Yom Kippur and other holidays. It has special twined and knotted fringes known as tzitzit attached to its four corners. The tallit is sometimes also referred to as the arba kanfot, meaning the "four wings" (in the connotation of four corners).
