Crossword clues for tallith
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tallith \Tal"lith\, n. [NHeb. tall[=i]th.] (Jewish Costume)
An undergarment worn by orthodox Jews, covering the chest and the upper part of the back. It has an opening for the head, and has tassels, called zizith, on its four corners.
A tasseled shawl or scarf worn over the head or thrown round the shoulders while at prayer.
Wiktionary
n. 1 An undergarment worn by orthodox Jews. It covers the chest and upper part of the back. It has tassels (called zizith) on its four corners. 2 A tasseled shawl or scarf worn over the head or thrown around the shoulders while at prayer.
WordNet
n. (Judaism) a shawl with a ritually knotted fringe at each corner; worn by Jews at morning prayer [syn: prayer shawl, tallis]
Usage examples of "tallith".
She envisioned the beautiful smile on his face, the tears in his eyes, if he could have seen Jolson wrapped in his tallith sing Kol Nidre in the synagogue.
From his bag he took a fringed silk shawl, the tallith, the same kind of shawl Miller had found among the effects of the old man in Altona and had not understood.
He started telling me he had worn his tallith, a shawl that many Jewish men wear at services.
She envisioned the beautiful smile on his face, the tears in his eyes, if he could have seen Jolson wrapped in his tallith sing Kol Nidre in the synagogue.