Questions tagged [tallit-gadol]
A Jewish prayer shawl. The tallit is worn over one's clothes during the morning prayers (Shacharit). The tallit has special fringes known as tzitzit attached to its four corners.
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Using 'ד for Hashem's Name
Many tallitot have the bracha before putting on the tallit written on the atarah. But as you can see in the picture below, the Name of Hashem is abbreviated as a 'ד when it is usually rendered 'ה. The ...
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Why does a Tallit-gadol and a Tallit-katan have Tzitziyot?
Why does a Tallit-gadol and a Tallit-katan have Tzitziyot?
Where is there a discussion that a Tallit-gadol and/or Tallit-katan must have Tzitzis or Tzitziyot?
I understand Torah says to put ...
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Sewing up the tallit?
The tallit forever falls off your shoulders because of gravity and has to be raised again and again. Why is it not sewn together so it always stays perfectly on your shoulders? (Sure, if you do, ...
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Is there a spiritual/symbolic significance as to why the black and white tallis seems to be the standard amongst Orthodox? [duplicate]
The majority of Orthodox Jews I've seen wearing tallit tend to wear this style.
I was curious if there was any sort of spiritual/symbolic significance associated with this style.
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Morning blessings without Tefillin, Tallit, or Tzitzit
If a person doesn't have Tallit, Tzitzit, or Tefillin, does a person say the morning blessings regarding them during Shacharit?
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Why cover one's face during shofar?
I noticed two people in the synagogue this Rosh Hashana who, whenever the shofar was sounded, covered their respective faces with their respective tallits. I didn't feel comfortable asking them why. (...
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Wearing tallit "late"
Based on this question.
If one (who has the tradition of wearing a tallit while davening shacharit, be it because he is married, or over 13) can not wear a tallit in the morning, does he put one on ...
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Discolored Tzitzis
The Rambam says that the tzitzis strings must be the same color as the garment they're attached to (with exception to the techeiles string which is always blue). (Source?)
All of the tallisos these ...
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Why are tzitzis on a tallis katan tied the way they are?
Almost everywhere I've seen, they're tied on the bottom edge (i.e., the side where the decorative fringes are).
Yet according to the halacha, tzitzis need to hang in such a way that they are notef al ...
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Is enabling a mitzva a one-time mitzva, or each time the person does it?
As I understand it, if someone is too poor to get married/do a specific mitzva, it is a mitzva in itself to help them perform it.
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Why don't we wear tallit and tefillin on Tisha B'Av morning?
I am aware that an onen (person whose close relative has died but has not yet been buried) does not wear tallit and tefillin.
As I understand, during Tish'a B'Av, we are considered aveilim (mourners, ...
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Wearing a tallit when you are bar mitzvahed but not married, when it isn't your minhag
Let's say someone becomes bar mitzvah and decides to wear a tallit everyday, even though this isn't his minhag, because he wants the opportunity to make another brachah. Is this the right thing to do? ...
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Yekke Tallit Gadol
I am a Yekke and am unsure about some of the customs such as a good Siddur to use (My Rabbi is Chassidish so I use Nusach Sfard) and also a Tallit Gadol. I'd prefer to use the Tallit that is all ...
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Community without tzitzith
Are/were there any halachic Jewish communities that do/did not have a daily custom of wearing a garment obligated in tzitzith (e.g. tallith katan/tallith gadol)?
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Why was the use of the tallit instituted as halacha?
This article implies that the mitzvah of wearing tzitzit is required only when one wears a four-cornered garment. If one never wore such a garment, one need not wear tzitzit at all.
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Duchaning without a talis
I recently prayed mincha on a fast day where no talis was present. The kohen present did not bless us, since he could not cover his hands with a talis. (No one called him to do so, so he wasn't in ...
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Why do we don a tallit before laying tefillin?
When it comes to determining the order in which different things happen, there are often rules. According to Zevachim 89a, there are two rules in particular:
That which occurs more frequently takes ...
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Are Tallis and Tefillin considered beged ish?
Given that Tallis and Tefillin are mitzvos given primarily to men (Kiddushin 29b), is there a beged ish issue with women wearing them? If there is, would we apply the rule of Asi Asei v'dachi Lo Sa'...
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Wearing a Tallis for Kiddush Levana
If people wait until the end of Yom Kippur to say kiddush levana for the month of Tishrei, which I understand to be a prevalent custom, do they keep their talleisim on? Since the tallis is not ...
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Can a gentile make a tallit?
I am in an interfaith marriage, and I have a small business making and selling kippot. I have a client who has asked me to make a matching tallit for an upcoming special event. My understanding is ...
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Where are we commanded to wrap ourselves in Tzitzit?
When we put on a tallit, we say a blessing (copied from here)
Barukh atah Adonai, Eloheinu, melekh ha'olam
Blessed are you, Lord, our God, sovereign of the universe
asher kidishanu b'mitz'votav v'...
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Is the prayer shawl talked about in kabbalah?
Does the kabblah talk about the Tallit?
And maybe give us a deeper meaning behind wearing it?
Is there a sermon on this topic someone would recommend?
Or Book?
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Yemenite Tallis?
The Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 8:4 says; מַחֲזִיר שְׁתֵּי צִיצִיּוֹת לְפָנָיו וּשְׁתַּיִם לַאֲחוֹרָיו כְּדֵי שֶׁיְּהֵא מְסוֹבָב בְּמִצְוֹת. - One should return two of the fringes in front, and two ...
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How important is the Tallith? [closed]
How important is the Tallith ?
Is it to remember mitzvot?
I have heard you pray when it covers your head,why?
Is it only a symbol ?
Is it more then a tradition?
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Who customarily wears a tallis by a bris?
By the ceremony of a bris milah there are many "kibbudim" or honors that are given to those that are present.
Here is the list (please edit and add if I missed any):
Kvater - a man and woman who ...
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Is there a reason for putting on tefillin in a different room?
In many places where I have davened I have observed people (apparently intentionally) putting on their tallis and tefillin in a different room from where davening takes place.
I have seen this even
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Chupah (tallit gadol) above bimah on Shavuot
I was wondering as I hear it for the first time that one of my friend told me that they made a chupah (hung tallit gadol) above the bimah on Shavuot. He told me it's a custom that we do every year, ...
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May one temporarily remove ẓiẓit from a garment in order to launder it?
Maran HaShulḥan 'Arukh writes (Oraḥ Ḥayim 15:1) that is forbidden to remove ẓiẓit from a garment for no purpose (and the Mishnah Berurah there, s.q. 3, explains that this is to avoid disgracing the ...
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May one hold together a tallis with materials that cannot themselves form a tallis?
Can someone use material to hold together a tallis (e.g safety pin etc.) that cannot itself make a kosher tallis?
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If the corner of a tallis rips in a square shape can it be reattached with the tzitzis still on it?
If the corner of a tallis rips as a square (i.e with four edges of it's own, and more than 3 hand-widths, namely chayiv in tzitzis in it's own right) can it be reattached to the original garment with ...
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Can unmarried men wear the Tallis over his head? [duplicate]
I go to Chabad but don't observe every Minhag. I'm 13 and wear a Tallis Gadol to begin with but when I tried putting it over my head I felt so connected to Hashem and I concentrated better. But would ...
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Should you say a blessing on a tallit gadol when you are performing a task in a shul that requires one due to a custom?
Should you say a blessing on a tallit gadol when you are performing a task in a shul that requires it (e.g.: being hazzan for mincha or getting an aliyah during mincha) ?
Is there a difference if ...
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May one wear a jacket or coat over a tallit gadol during shacharit?
May one wear a jacket or coat over a tallit gadol during shacharit - assuming one wears a tallit gadol daily?
The reason I ask is because usually the tallit gadol is the outer most garment. I don't ...
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Why do we don the tallit gadol?
If a man wears a four cornered garment it is required to place tzitzit on it. Today many men have the custom to wear a tallit katan throughout most of the day.
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Blue Stripes on Tallis
I've read that tallit stripes were originally blue and at some point morphed to black. What I'm wondering is if anyone knows any oldsters who can attest to actually seeing this in the frum velt in ...
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What is the difference between a Rebbe Rashab Tallis and the regular chabad tallis?
What is the difference between a Rebbe Rashab Tallis and the regular chabad tallis Was this a specific thing just for his time or do chassidim still follow this today?
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Can I use a tallis gadol on 4 sticks as a hupa canopy
Can I use a tallis gadol on 4 sticks as a hupa canopy? Possible problems:
The minhag is not to use a tallis
It is disrespectful to the tallis
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Munkaczer Tallis
I have been told by Chassidei Chabad that prior to their current pattern, the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe wore a munkaczer tallis. What does this tallis look like?
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Why does the Chazzan Wear a Tallit on Friday Night?
Generally, the Chazzan \ Shaliach Tzibbur for Maariv does not wear a Tallit. However, on Friday Nights, he does. Why is this night different than all other nights?
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Custom Tallis and Tefillin Bag makers
As some of you may know, I was in Israel for awhile. While I was there, I decided to look for a set of bags with a nesiyat kapayim design (hands in the position used for duchaning, similar to this) on ...
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What is printed on this Tallit Gadol? [closed]
I bought a new tallit but I can't read without vowels.
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What do you do if you realize your talit is damaged after donning it?
I saw this happen at minyan this morning and wondered what the correct response is. The shul has a rack of talitot for people who don't bring their own. Somebody took one from the rack, made the b'...
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As a proselyte can I wear tzitzit? [closed]
I am in the process of conversion and I've been told by my Rabbi that I can't wear a Tallit nor a Tallit Katan until I am officially Jewish.
His reasoning is that it's a Mitzvah and not relevant ...
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Atifa as creation of an ohel
Here's a question from a discussion over Shabbat.
Boneh (building) is an a melachah of Shabbat, particularly any variant in which an ohel (tent) is erected. However, one of the common methods of ...
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Rules Regarding Sewing a Talit for my Bar Mitzvah son
I want to sew a Talit for my Bar Mitzvah son. Please help me with the rules/Mitzvah. I need to understand the do's and don'ts of making a talit. I heard you can't have shaatnaz in the talit, but many ...
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What is a Woman's Tallit
I read in a book about Czechoslovakian Jewry that in Southern Germany there was a custom for women to wear a "Woman's Tallit" on Yom Kippur. A reference to it also appears in The Encyclopedia of ...
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Is there a "right" way to don a tallit?
I have seen various ways in which religious Jews wear their tallitoth (e.g. All ssissiyoth (strings) in front, two in front and two in back, the "superman", the head wrapped with all four behind, et ...
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Why does the leader wear a talis on the first night of s'lichos in a Chabad synagogue?
In Chabad-Lubavitch synagogues, it is customary that anyone who would not wear a talis normally does not do so just because he's leading/representing the congregation. The only exception of which I'm ...
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What's the reason behind having an additional atara on the middle of the talis gadol?
Here an example of the Belz Rebbe talis with an additional atara in the middle
Any sources on this custom ?
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Why do we cover a Sefer Torah with a talis when traveling? [duplicate]
There's a widespread custom to cover a Sefer Torah with a talis when travelling.
Has this custom been mentioned in halachic literature? Why is this done?
The closest I found was Shulchan Aruch, YD ...
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