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Tallit

טַלִּיתtallit
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A prayer shawl with tzitzit fringes at its four corners, worn during morning prayer.

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מקור

מקרא

The Torah commands making fringes (tzitzit) on the corners of garments and placing a blue thread (tekhelet) in them, "so that you look upon them and remember all the commandments of the Lord". Deuteronomy specifies four corners.1,2

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משמעות

פרשנות

Looking at the tzitzit is meant to recall the commandments. The Talmud interprets a chain: the blue recalls the sea, the sea the sky, and the sky the Throne of Glory.3

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שימוש

הלכה

The large tallit is worn during morning prayer (and on Yom Kippur during all the prayers), and a blessing is recited. The small tallit (tallit katan) is worn all day under the clothes in Orthodox practice.4,5

מנהגאשכנזיםספרדים⁂ לאימות

In Ashkenazi communities the large tallit is often worn only by married men; in Sephardi and German communities from bar mitzvah.

נוהג מודרני

In Conservative and Reform Judaism women also wear a tallit.

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התפתחות היסטורית

היסטוריה⁂ לאימות

The production of the blue dye tekhelet from a sea snail was lost in the early Middle Ages, so for a long time tzitzit were made only in white. Since the 20th century its production has been revived; whether it is genuine tekhelet is disputed among authorities.6

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מסורות קשורות

מנהג עממי⁂ לאימות

The stripes on a tallit have no halakhic significance; their color and number are a matter of custom. The Israeli flag is said to be inspired by the tallit.

מנהג⁂ לאימות

By custom a man is buried in his tallit, from which one fringe is removed or cut.

שאלות נפוצות

Why is the tallit worn only in the morning?

The commandment of tzitzit applies by day; that is why the large tallit is put on for morning prayer. The exception is Kol Nidre on Yom Kippur.

What are tzitzit?

Fringes of threads tied with prescribed knots at the four corners of the tallit.

May women wear a tallit?

In Orthodoxy it is not usual; in Conservative and Reform communities, yes.

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