Rambamists and Baladim are also noticeable by the fact that they wear their Tallit in a different manner from other Orthodox Jews, and even wear it on Friday nights / Erev Shabbath, which is unheard of in the Orthodox world ( apart from a handful of Hasidim in Jerusalem, referred to as Yerushalmis, who wear it very discreetly so as to not look arrogant ).

A Tallit ( four-cornered prayer shawl ) is donned for evening prayers ; the only evening service of the year in which this is done.

In orthodox, Ashkenazi circles, a Tallit is customarily presented to a groom before marriage as part of the dowry.

Tallit is an Aramaic word from the root tll טלל meaning cover.

The basic design recalls the Tallit, the Jewish prayer shawl, which is white with blue stripes.

The Tallit is commonly worn by Jewish men especially for prayers which they wrap around their head to recite the blessing of the Tallit.

Tallit literally means cloak or sheet but in Talmudic times already referred to the Jewish prayer shawl.

An Orthodox Jewish man wearing a Wool Tallit Katan under his shirt and vest.

The Portuguese Jewish community in The Netherlands has the tradition of decorating the corners of the Tallit.

* that one should strive to wear a Tallit Gadol and or Tefillin as much as permitted by Talmudic law whenever possible.

In various areas of Israel, including Jerusalem, one may see individuals wearing the Tallit Gadol during ' Erev Shabbat ' ( Friday night ) hanging over or wrapped over their shoulders in a manner distinct from the majority custom, when almost no other Jews would be wearing a Tallit Gadol.

Even children under 13 can be seen wearing a Tallit Gadol among them.

Additionally, after their marriage Jewish men of Ashkenazi descent begin to wear a Tallit during prayer.

* 1866 – Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, Canadian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church ( d. 1931 )

* 1901 – Pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian Catholic activist ( d. 1925 )

* 1651 – Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, French educational reformer and Catholic saint ( d. 1719 )

* 1329 – The Roman Catholic Diocese of Quilon, the first Indian Christian Diocese, is erected by Pope John XXII ; the French-born Jordanus is appointed the first Bishop.

* 1962 – Representatives from the Russian Orthodox Church and Vatican City meet in Metz, France, and come to an agreement wherein the Russian church would send observers to the Second Vatican Council and in exchange, the Roman Catholic Church would refuse to condemn Communism.

* 1922 – Six Irish Catholic civilians are shot and beaten-to-death by a gang of policemen in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

* 1682 – Franz Egon of Fürstenberg, Bavarian Catholic archbishop ( b. 1625 )

* 1914 – World War I: The library of the Catholic University of Leuven is deliberately destroyed by the German Army.

* 1829 – The Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 gives Roman Catholics in the United Kingdom the right to vote and to sit in Parliament.

Antonio Agliardi ( September 4, 1832 – March 19, 1915 ) was an Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal, archbishop, and papal diplomat.

( 1193 / 1206 – November 15, 1280 ), also known as Albert the Great and Albert of Cologne, is a Catholic saint.

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* 1611 – Establishment of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines, the largest Catholic university in the world.

* Alfonso I of Asturias ( 739 – 757 ), called the Catholic ( el Católico ), was the King of Asturias

The Act of Settlement provided that the throne would pass to the Electress Sophia of Hanover – a granddaughter of James VI of Scotland and I of England, niece of Charles I of Scotland and England – and her Protestant descendants who had not married a Roman Catholic ; those who were Roman Catholic, and those who married a Roman Catholic, were barred from ascending the throne " for ever ".

Norman Spector called, in The Globe and Mail, for Prime Minister Stephen Harper to address the issue of the act's bar on Catholics, saying that Phillips ' marriage to Kelly would be the first time the provisions of the act would bear directly on Canada – Phillips would be barred from acceding to the Canadian throne because he married a Roman Catholic Canadian.

Saint Adalbert, Czech: ;, ( c. 956 – April 23, 997 ), Czech Roman Catholic saint, a Bishop of Prague and a missionary, was martyred in his efforts to convert the Baltic Prussians.

* 2005 – Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is elected the 265th Pope of the Catholic Church following the death of Pope John Paul II.

* 1808 – The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baltimore is promoted to an archdiocese, with the founding of the dioceses of New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Bardstown ( now Louisville ) by Pope Pius VII.

* 2005 – Under international pressure, Syria withdraws the last of its 14, 000 troop military garrison in Lebanon, ending its 29-year military domination of that country ( Syrian occupation of Lebanon ).

* 1988 – Shahd Barmada, Syrian singer

In the 10th century, Middle-Eastern mathematicians extended the decimal numeral system to include fractions, as recorded in a treatise by Syrian mathematician Abu ' l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi in 952 – 953.

Bedr managed to line up three Syrian commanders – Obeid Allah ibn Uthman and Abd Allah ibn Khalid, both originally of Damascus, and Yusuf ibn Bukht of Qinnasrin.

Subsequently, the Druze chiefs of the Gharb placed their considerable military experience at the disposal of the Mamluk rulers of Egypt ( 1250 – 1516 ); first, to assist them in putting an end to what remained of Crusader rule in coastal Syria, and later to help them safeguard the Syrian coast against Crusader retaliation by sea.

From Keban to the Syrian – Turkish border, the river drops another over a distance of less than.

* 1968 – Qasim Melho, Syrian actor

* 1945 – Burhan Ghalioun, Syrian politician

In the 10th century Abd-ar-rahman III – from Hejaz, Arabian peninsula, grandson of the last caliph of Damascus, Syria – declared the Caliphate of Córdoba, effectively breaking all ties with the Egyptian and Syrian caliphs.

Syrian hamsters dig their burrows generally at a depth of 0. 7 m. A burrow includes a steep entrance pipe ( 4 – 5 cm in diameter ), a nesting and a hoarding chamber and a blind-ending branch for urination.

Both Syrian and Russian hamsters mature quickly and can begin reproducing at a young age ( 4 – 5 wk ), whereas Chinese hamsters will usually begin reproducing at two to three months of age, and Roborovskis at three to four months of age.

Books used by the Hesychast include the Philokalia, a collection of texts on prayer and solitary mental ascesis written from the 4th to the 15th Centuries, this collection existing in a number of independent redactions ; the Ladder of Divine Ascent ; the collected works of St Symeon the New Theologian ( 949 – 1022 ); and the works of St Isaac the Syrian ( 7th C .?– 8th C .?

* 2012 – Marwan Arafat, Syrian footballer and referee ( b. 1945 )

* 218 – Battle of Antioch: Elagabalus defeats with support of the Syrian legions the forces of emperor Macrinus.

* 154 – Bardaisan, Syrian scientist, scholar, astrologer, philosopher, and poet ( d. 222 )

* 1979 – Maya Nasser, Syrian journalist ( d. 2012 )

* 1982 – Jehad Al-Hussain, Syrian footballer

* 2012 – The Turaymisah massacre kills 250 people during a Syrian military operation in a village within the Hama Governorate.

* 1985 – Abdulkader Dakka, Syrian footballer

Assad did not provide a timetable for a complete withdrawal of Syrian forces from Lebanon – 14, 000 soldiers and intelligence agents.

Leo III the Isaurian also known as the Syrian ( Greek: Λέων Γ ΄, Leōn III ), ( c. 685 – 18 June 741 ) was Byzantine Emperor from 717 until his death in 741.

* 2011 – Beginning of the Syrian uprising.

* 1963 – The Ba ' ath Party comes to power in Syria in a coup d ' état by a clique of quasi-leftist Syrian Army officers calling themselves the National Council of the Revolutionary Command.

* 1923 – Nizar Qabbani, Syrian diplomat, poet, and publisher ( d. 1998 )