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arba kanfoth
[ Sephardic Hebrew ahr-bah kahn-fawt; Ashkenazic Hebrew ahr-buh-kahn-fuhs ]
/ Sephardic Hebrew ɑrˈbɑ kɑnˈfɔt; Ashkenazic Hebrew ˈɑr bəˈkɑn fəs /
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noun Hebrew.
a rectangular piece of cloth with fringes at the four corners and a hole in the center for the head, worn under the clothes by Orthodox Jewish males.
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Also ar·ba kan·fot; Ashkenazic Hebrew, ar·ba kan·fos .
Also called tallith katan .
Origin of arba kanfoth
arbaʿ kənāphōth literally, four corners
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