tallis

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The kohanim would start their blessing, and you, my great father, the respected Rosh Yeshiva, would simply bend down and place your tallis over the two of us, so that we would receive love together, the blessing of our great Creator, Who loves us so much.

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  1. Same as Tallith.

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  1. (Judaism) a shawl with a ritually knotted fringe at each corner; worn by Jews at morning prayer
  2. English organist and composer of church and secular music; was granted a monopoly in music printing with William Byrd (1505-1585)

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  • When I was released, miraculously, the only things that remained for me, packed in two boxes and kept in a basement owned by gentiles, were my holy books, my tallis, and my teffilin. —  Chabad.org Weekly Magazine [ Korach 5769 - June 26, 2009 ]
  • The kohanim would start their blessing, and you, my great father, the respected Rosh Yeshiva, would simply bend down and place your tallis over the two of us, so that we would receive love together, the blessing of our great Creator, Who loves us so much. —  Aish Weekly Articles
  • Chabad in Burlington, Vermont, sports psychedelic color, both on the walls and in the tallis of many the daveners, alluding to the fervent spirituality of Lubavitch Chassidim and those drawn to them.
  • And yet there is a figure on the extreme left in a plain light-colored jacket without any tallis at all.
  • I spent a good part of the day with my tallis over my head and I am sure that more than a few people figured that it was an attempt to sleep. —  Random Thoughts- Do They Have Meaning?
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