tallith

American  

[tah-lis, tah-leet] / ˈtɑ lɪs, tɑˈlit /

Or tallit,

noun

Judaism.

• tallithim,
  plural
• tallitim,
  plural
• tallisim
  plural

1. a shawllike garment of wool, silk, or the like, with fringes, or zizith, at the four corners, worn around the shoulders by Orthodox and Conservative (sometimes also Reform) Jews, as during the morning service.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• tallisim
  plural
• tallithim
  plural
• tallitim
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of tallith

First recorded in 1605–15, tallith is from the Hebrew word ṭallīth literally, cover, cloak

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Example Sentences

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tallith

In its pamphlet distributed to teachers last week, the Ministry of Education refers to learning about Talmud and Torah, tallith and tefillin as "inspiration from the glorious past of the Jewish nation."

From Time Magazine Archive

Behold all that Jael the fisherman hath left of his betrothed—a little tallith found upon the floor where she had struggled!

From The Coming of the King by Bernie Babcock

Take now thy little tallith and if thy faith fail thee, from the touch of it may new strength come.

From The Coming of the King by Bernie Babcock

As both phylacteries and tallith came into use at the divine service in connection with the recital of the Shema and the chapter on the zizith, the symbols assumed a higher meaning.

From Jewish Theology by Kaufmann Kohler

One morning I put on my phylacteries and tallith in order to perform the prescribed prayers, but I could not utter a single sentence out of the prayer book before me.

From Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by B.D.

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• cloth
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