I'm attaching a bit from the Encyclopedia Judaica. Keep reading there and elsewhere.
"TALLIT (Heb. TyZt, pl. tallitot; Yid. tales, pl. talesim), prayer shawl. Originally the word meant "gown" or "cloak." This was a rectangular mantle that looked like a blanket and was worn by men in ancient times. At the four corners of the tallit tassels were attached in fulfillment of the biblical commandment of zizit (Num. 15:38-41). The tallit was usually made either of wool or of linen (Men. 39b) and probably resembled the abbayah ("blanket") still worn by Bedouin for protection against the weather. The tallit made of finer quality was similar to the Roman pallium and was worn mostly by the wealthy and by distinguished rabbis and scholars (BB 98a). The length of the mantle was to be a handbreadth shorter than that of the garment under it (BB 57b). After the exile of the Jews from Erez Israel and their dispersion, they came to adopt the fashions of their gentile neighbors more readily. The tallit was discarded as a daily habit and it became a religious garment for prayer; hence its later meaning of prayer shawl. The tallit is usually white and made either of wool, cotton, or silk, although Maimonides and Alfasi objected to the use of the latter. Strictly observant Jews prefer tallitot made of coarse half-bleached lamb's wool. In remembrance of the blue thread of the zizit (see tekhelet), most tallitot have several blue stripes woven into the white material (see Zohar, Num. 227a). Until recently, however, they only had black stripes. The minimum size of a tallit is that which would suffice to clothe a small child able to walk (Sh. Ar., OH 16:1)."
The Jewish prayer shawl
In Jewish tradition, a boy does not wear a tallit intil he becomes a bar mitzvah (turns 13) as wearing a tallit is an adult obligation.
In Orthodox Judaism, only adult married men wear a proper tallit. In more Liberal Forms of Judaism, men over the age of 13 (the Jewish age of maturity) wear a tallit. Mature women are also permitted to wear a tallit, but if they take on the obligation, they are required to wear it consistently.
There is no such language as "Jewish". If you meant Hebrew, it's טלית)Answer:"Yiddish" literally means "Jewish"; so yes, there is a language called Jewish. In Yiddish, Tallit is spelled טלית and pronounced Tallis.
The Jewish prayer shawl, the tallit.
wraps it around his shoulders
Jewish men wear a tallit (or tallis) during prayer services.
This custom, alluded to in the Talmud (Rosh Hashanah 17b), is a fulfillment of the precept of the fringed garment mentioned in the end of Numbers ch.15. It symbolizes being enveloped in prayer and in God's presence.
A tallit is a special shawl used during certain prayer periods in Jewish religion and custom. Tallits can be purchased through Amazon or on special sites selling Jewish items such as AJudaica.
Yes, but the neckband and tassels are removed.
The 613 Commandments in the Jewish Bible.
it is important as it is a jewish tradition they are passed down from a farther to his son who then gives it to his son and so onbecause they pray with it