0
What is the source for wearing a prayer shawl otherwise known as a tallit?
Wiki User
∙ 10y ago
The Bible twice commands us to put fringes (tzitzit) on each of the corners of a four-cornered garment.
Numbers 15:38: "Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, that they shall make themselves fringes on the corners of their garmentsthroughout their generations, and they shall put on the corner fringe a blue (tekhelet) thread."
Deuteronomy 22:12: "You shall make yourself twisted threads, on the four corners of your garment with which you cover yourself."
In order to fulfill this commandment - in an age when four-cornered garments are not usually worn - Jews wear the Tallit (Prayer Shawl) during daily morning prayers.
The large tallit is alluded to in the Talmud, Rosh Hashanah 17b, and Daniel 7:9.
Jews also wear a smaller tallit under their shirts to fulfill this commandment.
Wiki User
∙ 10y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
When do orthodox boys start wearing the Jewish prayer cloth?
It's called a "tallit" and they start wearing it at their Bar Mitzvahs.
What is the tallit?
The Jewish prayer shawl
What is the Hebrew word forTallit?
Tallit is the Hebrew word for tallit. The English term is "prayer shawl."
What is the Hebrew name for prayer shawl?
The Hebrew name for the 'prayer shawl' is 'tallit'. Many Jews of European decent also refer to the tallit as a 'tallis'. Jewish people do not call it a prayer shawl.The tallit is traditionally worn only by men (and in some synagogues, only married men) for morning prayer services. The only time when a tallit is worn for evening prayers is on Yom Kippur.
What is a prayer shawl and cap?
shawl-tallit cap -kippah
What is the name of a Jewish prayer shawl?
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.
What do the colors for the israel flag represent?
The Jewish prayer shawl, the tallit.
Is it required to have the biblical prayer on the neckband of the tallit?
First of all, the words most commonly embroidered on the collar of a tallit are not a biblical prayer. The typical choice is the blessing that's recited as one puts on the tallit. Nothing on the tallit is 'required' except the fringes at the four corners. The blessing is typically embroidered on the collar simply to give the wearer ready access to the words he needs at the moment he's most likely to be looking straight at the collar.
In Judaism can you get your tallit before you have your bar mitzvah?
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.
What is the purpose of the tallit?
The Tallith (prayer shawl) is worn to symbolize being enveloped in the prayer and by God's presence.
What does it mean to Jews to wear a tallit?
It is written in the bible to wear garments with four corners and fringes attached to these corners. wearing a tallit is doing what is commanded.
What are 3 Jewish accessories males must wear during prayer?
1. A head-covering such as a kippah or hat 2. Tallit (prayer-shawl) 3. Tefillin (phylacteries) The Tallit and Tefillin are worn only during the morning services.
