Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The mantle or, as in present Jewish usage, scarf-like garment worn by the Jews, especially at prayer. Also talith, talles, tallis.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An undergarment worn by orthodox Jews, covering the chest and the upper part of the back. It has an opening for the head, and has tassels, called zizith, on its four corners.
- noun A tasseled shawl or scarf worn over the head or thrown round the shoulders while at prayer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
undergarment worn byorthodox Jews. It covers the chest and upper part of the back. It hastassels (calledzizith ) on its four corners. - noun A tasseled
shawl or scarf worn over the head or thrown around the shoulders while at prayer.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Judaism) a shawl with a ritually knotted fringe at each corner; worn by Jews at morning prayer
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Examples
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A man does not have to wear a tallith if he is unmarried.
Chesler Chronicles » Khomeini-ism Comes to Israel: Women of the Wall vs. the Jewish State 2010
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In an article published in Outlook magazine, written only three years before her death in New York City on September 6, 1987, Evelyn Garfiel declared that Jewish women should assume traditionally male ritual obligations such as daily prayer and the wearing of a tallith and tefillin.
Evelyn Garfiel. 2009
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So my uncle was bicycling and praying, and his tallith, had he been on a real bicycle facing the wind and the elements, would have been flapping behind him like a cape.
Wake Up, Sir! Jonathan Ames 2004
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And though he wasn't an Orthodox Jew, he wore official davening gear: about his shoulders was his silky, white tallith with its blue stripes and fringes, and on his left arm and on his forehead were his tefillin—the leather boxes and straps favored by Jews for their morning prayers.
Wake Up, Sir! Jonathan Ames 2004
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Instinctively the fisherman thrust his fingers against the little _tallith_, the touch of which aroused in him a mighty passion, for in the face of the serpent he now saw the lust of the Roman who had taken Sara.
The Coming of the King Bernie Babcock
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"Affright not Joel," Martha replied to her brother, "but tell me whether the _kittuna_ of this Rabbi is wool or flax, or his _tallith_ handsomely embroidered."
The Coming of the King Bernie Babcock
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Nowadays, on the date referred to, Jews do not wear their tallith and phylacteries at morning prayer; by this act laying aside the outward signs of their covenant with God; but, contrary to custom, they put them on in the evening, when the fast is nearly over.
Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala Various
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From his coat Jael took a small bit of cloth suspended like an ornament on a neck cord and holding it toward Jesus said, "Her little _tallith_."
The Coming of the King Bernie Babcock
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Take now thy little _tallith_ and if thy faith fail thee, from the touch of it may new strength come.
The Coming of the King Bernie Babcock
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Drawing himself into a sitting position, the Hindoo took the _tallith_, pressed it into the palm of his hand and sat for a short time without speaking.
The Coming of the King Bernie Babcock
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