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- noun Plural form of
tallit .
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Examples
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I think those Jewish women in their embroidered tallitot look stunning.
Chesler Chronicles » Khomeini-ism Comes to Israel: Women of the Wall vs. the Jewish State 2010
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It is an apt comparison given that Jewish and Israeli women in the twenty-first century are now literally being told to “hide” their prayer shawls tallitot under their coats when they approach the Wall.
Chesler Chronicles » Khomeini-ism Comes to Israel: Women of the Wall vs. the Jewish State 2010
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There is a dedicated place at the kotel reserved for men and women such as yourselves who think women should read aloud from a sefer torah and wear tallitot, etc.
Chesler Chronicles » Khomeini-ism Comes to Israel: Women of the Wall vs. the Jewish State 2010
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I appreciate that you think women should pray aloud, read from a sefer Torah aloud, and wear pants, kippot, and tallitot.
Chesler Chronicles » Khomeini-ism Comes to Israel: Women of the Wall vs. the Jewish State 2010
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Swathed in simple white robes, tallitot draped over their narrow shoulders the kessim are accompanied by an entourage that includes an escort holding a colorful umbrella over each of their heads.
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Swathed in simple white robes, tallitot draped over their narrow shoulders the kessim are accompanied by an entourage that includes an escort holding a colorful umbrella over each of their heads.
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But other changes in the role of women that Kaplan had endorsed in his writings, such as serving as witnesses, leading services, public Torah reading, and wearing ritual prayer garments like kippot (skullcaps) and tallitot (prayer shawls) did not come about until the late 1960s when women themselves began demanding changes, as Kaplan had predicted would be necessary back in 1936.
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Here, at a place situated out of the sight and earshot of the general public, the state permits women to don tallitot and read from a Torah scroll.
Women of the Wall. 2009
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A frined of mine who weaves tallitot ties her own and says it is very easy.
A question for my Jewish friends. Angry Professor 2007
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And I'm sure most commercial tallitot are made in China!
A question for my Jewish friends. Angry Professor 2007
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