prayer shawl
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of prayer shawl
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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At a campaign rally in October, a huge screen with the image of a man wearing a Jewish prayer shawl and blowing a shofar suddenly illuminated the stadium.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2023
Jesse Rabinowitz, who stood outside the White House in a prayer shawl, said that it was important to him to show up fully as an American, as an observant Jew, and as a progressive.
From Slate • Oct. 18, 2023
The former ultra-Orthodox Jew is wearing a white prayer shawl and tefillin - long leather straps with small boxes attached, containing scrolls with verses from the Torah.
From BBC • Sep. 22, 2022
When Colonel Vindman married, she photographed him and his bride under a tallit, a Jewish prayer shawl, at their wedding.
From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2019
While I changed into the kittel, Meir knotted lengths of blue and white cord into the tassels found both on tzitzis and on the corners of a prayer shawl.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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