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tallith

or tal·lit, tal·lis

[ Ashkenazic Hebrew, English tah-lis; Sephardic Hebrew tah-leet ]

noun

, Judaism.
, plural tal·li·thim, tal·li·tim, tal·li·sim [tah-, lee, -sim, -, ley, -, tah-l, uh, -, sim, tah-lee-, teem].
  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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Word History and Origins

Origin of tallith1

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

One father spread his tallith over his sons, and killed them and himself.

She saw him go down in his working clothes; she did not know that he had hidden the tallith under his apron.

They laid the body on the floor in front of the prison cells and covered it with the tallith as with a shroud.

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