The tallit is worn by Jewish men and some Jewish women during the prayer service.

A tallit katan ( small tallit ) is a fringed garment worn under the clothing throughout the day.

They also wear a tallit ( prayer shawl ), which is typically worn only during morning services.

The tallit is worn over the outer clothes during the morning prayers ( Shacharit ) and worn during all prayers on Yom Kippur.

The plural of tallit in Hebrew is tallitot, pronounced.

The tallit is similar to the Roman pallium worn today by senior Roman Catholic priests, the Roman toga and the Arab keffiyeh.

The tallit or other similar garment is suitable for the climate in West Asia: typically the days are hot and the tallit can be draped around the body and head to provide cover from the sun or just bunched up on the shoulders for later evening use ; the evenings can be dramatically cool and the tallit could be draped around the neck and shoulders like a scarf to provide warmth.

In some Jewish communities a tallit is given as a gift by a father to a son, a father-in-law to a son-in-law, or a teacher to a student.

In the egalitarian, Reform and Conservative movements, it is common for both men and women to wear a tallit.

While many worshipers bring their own tallit to synagogue, there is usually a rack of shawls for the use of visitors and guests.

At Jewish wedding ceremonies, a tallit is often used as a chuppah or wedding canopy.

The tallit is traditionally draped over the shoulders, but during prayer, some cover their head with it.

While the tallit is worn daily, tefillin are not worn on Shabbat and holidays.

After a ritual washing of the body, the body of men is dressed in a kittel and then a tallit.

In the Land of Israel, burial is without a casket, and the kittel and tallit are the only coverings for the corpse.

In addition to the morning prayers of weekdays, Shabbat and holidays, a tallit is also worn for Selichos in Ashkenazic communities by the prayer leader, even though it is still night.

A tallit is also worn at night on Yom Kippur, from Kol Nidre, which begins during the daylight hours until after the evening ( Ma ' ariv ) service.

The tallit katan (" small tallit ") is a fringed garment traditionally worn either under or over one ’ s clothing by Jewish males.

Generally a tallit katan is made of wool or cotton.

In the Talmudic and post-Talmudic periods the tefillin were worn by rabbis and scholars all day, and a special tallit was worn at prayer ; hence they put on the tefillin before the tallit, as appears in the order given in " Seder Rabbi Amram Gaon " ( p. 2a ) and in the Zohar.

The tallit gadol ( traditionally known as tallét gedolah amongst Sephardim ), or " large " tallit, is worn over one's clothing resting on the shoulders.

In many Jewish communities, the tallit is worn in the synagogue by all men and boys over bar mitzvah age ( and in some communities even younger ).

One famous type of shawl is the tallit, worn by Jewish men during prayers and ceremonies.

* Tzitzis, the Ashkenazi pronunciation of tzitzit, fringes or tassles found on a tallit or tallit katan worn by observant Jews

A tallit may be worn while walking to / from the synagogue.

Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, a leader of profound influence in modern Orthodoxy in the United States, forbade women from serving as presidents of synagogues or any other official positions of leadership, and from performing other mitzvot ( commandments ) traditionally performed by males exclusively, such as wearing a tallit or tefillin.

The chuppah can be made from a piece of cloth or other material attached to four poles, or a prayer shawl ( tallit ) held over the couple by four family members or friends.

In the book The Ancient Jewish Shroud At Turin by John N. Lupia ( Regina Caeli Press, 2010 ; ISBN 978-0-9826739-0-4 ) Lupia shows the historical development of the tallit when its design began to change during the second half of the first century CE and began to take on the forms known today beginning around 1000 CE.

According to the Talmud, and subsequently modern non-egalitarian denominations ( Orthodox ), Women are not obligated to wear a tallit, since they are not bound to perform positive mitzvot which are time-specific, and the obligation to wear a tallit only applies by day.

Before the tallit is placed on a body for burial, however, one of the sets of fringes is cut to demonstrate that the person is no longer bound by the religious obligations of the living.

Due to the numerous traditions by men before starting prayer when they awake in the morning, during or before Shacharis Jews put on their tefillin and / or tallit.

It consists of a cloth or sheet, sometimes a tallit, stretched or supported over four poles, or sometimes manually held up by attendants to the ceremony.

Many parents purchase a tallit for their children at the age of 13, together with tefillin.

The Kabbalists considered the tallit as a special garment for the service of God, intended, in connection with the tefillin, to inspire awe and reverence for God at prayer.

In the Torah the Israelites are commanded to dye one of the threads of their tallit ( prayer shawl ) with tekhelet ; when they look at this dye they will think of the blue sky, and of the God above them in Heaven.

Jacob Baruch Askowith ( 1844 – 1908 ) and his son Charles Askowith designed the “ flag of Judah ,” which was displayed on July 24, 1891, at the dedication of Zion Hall of the B ’ nai Zion Educational Society in Boston, Massachusetts, U. S. Based on the traditional tallit, or Jewish prayer shawl, that flag was white with narrow blue stripes near the edges and bore in the center the ancient six-pointed Shield of David with the word “ Maccabee ” in gilt letters.

Although not used as counting device, many Jews touch the knots on the tzitzits attached to their tallit ( prayer shawl ) at specific points in their prayers.

* Verses 1-2 are recited upon donning the tallit during morning services.

Tzitzit ( Hebrew: צ ִ יצי ִ ת ) ( Ashkenazi pronunciation: tzitzis ) are special knotted " fringes " or " tassels " found on the four corners of the tallit ( Hebrew: ט ַ ל ִּ ית ) ( Ashkenazi pronunciation: tallis ), or prayer shawl.

In 1961, Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi designed the rainbow tallit ( prayer shawl ) as a symbol of the Kabalah for the members of the Jewish Bene Ohr (" The Children of Light ").

During this period he was known to his followers as the " B ' nai Or Rebbe ", and the rainbow prayer shawl he designed for his group was known as the " B ' nai Or tallit ".

The Bible does not command wearing of a unique prayer shawl or tallit.

The long tradition of a single orthodox form of the tallit became modified in a more culturally diverse atmosphere and continued to change throughout time until it became permuted and shortened in length as the kitel, tallit katan, tallit gadol, and the more common tallit prayer shawl form know today.

The blue stripes are intended to symbolize the stripes on a tallit, the traditional Jewish prayer shawl.

In addition to tahrihim, some Jews are wrapped in the prayer shawl ( tallit ) in which they prayed.

In some Ashkenazi Jewish communities, men wear a prayer shawl, known as a " tallit " or " tallis ", only after marriage.

" Moreh Derekh ", the Rabbi's manual of the Conservative Judaism movement's Rabbinical Assembly, presents a ceremony based on traditional Jewish forms, with a number of options that parents may choose to perform: ( A ) Lighting seven candles ( symbolizing the seven days of creation ) and holding the baby towards them, ( B ) Wrapping the baby in the four corners of a tallit ( Jewish prayer shawl ), or ( C ) Lifting the baby and touching her hands to a Torah scroll.

Tzitzit are attached to the four corners of the tallit ( prayer shawl ) and tallit katan.