Illustration of tallit
plural tallitot
ˌtä-lə-ˈtōt 
or tallits
ˈtä-ləts
or tallits
ˈtä-ləts
ˈta-
also tallises
ˈtä-lə-səz
ˈta-
or talliths
ˈtä-ləths
ˈta-
or tallitim
ˌtä-lə-ˈsēm
-ˈtēm,
-ˈthēm
or tallisim
ˌtä-lə-ˈsēm
-ˈtēm,
-ˈthēm
or tallithim
ˌtä-lə-ˈsēm
-ˈtēm,
-ˈthēm
: a shawl with fringed corners worn over the head or shoulders by Jewish men especially during morning prayers
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Madonna's 18-year-old son David can also be seen at the service carrying an open Torah over his head while wearing a tallit around his neck and rocking a cream-colored suit.
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Emma Aerin Becker, Peoplemag, 9 Sep. 2024
Instead, Malachi, loyal to the ways of the Old World, keeps a prayer book in his pocket and wears a tallit under his shirt.
—Hawa Allan, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2023
Notwithstanding the position of Targum Yerushalmi that a tallit is specifically designed for men, and therefore prohibited to women, virtually all other authorities disagree (Targum Yerushalmi, Deuteronomy 22:5).
—Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 14 Mar. 2022
Some attendees took turns cradling the scroll and carrying it beneath a tallit, or prayer shawl.
—Rachel Román, sun-sentinel.com, 10 Nov. 2021
Other precautions in place included mandatory masking and the omission of the hakafot, a procession of the Torah that would typically include people kissing it or placing their tallit on the Torah and kissing that.
—Brieanna J. Frank, The Arizona Republic, 16 Sep. 2021
An antique silver clothing hanger that was likely used for a tallit, from a dealer in Fez, Morocco.
—Jennifer Alfano, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2018
Putting on a uniform included pulling a helmet over a yarmulke and strapping padding over a white, tasseled religious shawl, known as a tallit.
—Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2017
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Emma Aerin Becker, Peoplemag, 9 Sep. 2024
Instead, Malachi, loyal to the ways of the Old World, keeps a prayer book in his pocket and wears a tallit under his shirt.
—Hawa Allan, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2023
Notwithstanding the position of Targum Yerushalmi that a tallit is specifically designed for men, and therefore prohibited to women, virtually all other authorities disagree (Targum Yerushalmi, Deuteronomy 22:5).
—Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 14 Mar. 2022
Some attendees took turns cradling the scroll and carrying it beneath a tallit, or prayer shawl.
—Rachel Román, sun-sentinel.com, 10 Nov. 2021
Other precautions in place included mandatory masking and the omission of the hakafot, a procession of the Torah that would typically include people kissing it or placing their tallit on the Torah and kissing that.
—Brieanna J. Frank, The Arizona Republic, 16 Sep. 2021
An antique silver clothing hanger that was likely used for a tallit, from a dealer in Fez, Morocco.
—Jennifer Alfano, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2018
Putting on a uniform included pulling a helmet over a yarmulke and strapping padding over a white, tasseled religious shawl, known as a tallit.
—Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2017
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“Tallit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tallit. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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