tallith
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of tallith
First recorded in 1605–15, tallith is from the Hebrew word ṭallīth literally, cover, cloak
Example Sentences
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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
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.
They laid the body on the floor in front of the prison cells and covered it with the tallith as with a shroud.
From Neighbors Life Stories of the Other Half by Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August)
The hood of his tallith had slipped from his head on to his shoulders.
From An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story by Soissons, C. S. de
She saw him go down in his working clothes; she did not know that he had hidden the tallith under his apron.
From Neighbors Life Stories of the Other Half by Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August)
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