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tallith

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


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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

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

From his coat Jael took a small bit of cloth suspended like an ornament on a neck cord and holding it toward Jesus said, "Her little tallith."

From The Coming of the King by Bernie Babcock

Save for the phylacteries, the plain raiment of a Rabbi with the white and lavender fringes on his tallith as the Law doth command.

From The Coming of the King by Bernie Babcock

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 Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis


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