tallith

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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 Kohler, Kaufmann

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.

A tallith of silk of the same color was bound with a silver cord about his forehead.

From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Miller, Elizabeth

Whilst the Rabbi pronounced the curse his whole frame had shook under the folds of the tallith.

From An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story by Soissons, C. S. de