Tallits
A Jewish tallit is a special prayer shawl worn by Jews during weekday morning prayer, on the Shabbat and on holidays. The Tallit is considered to be a personal item and worn to prepare the mind and heart for prayer and inspire elation and reverence for God. A Jewish tallit is also often used as a wedding canopy at Jewish wedding ceremonies: this may be done either instead of, or in addition to the regular chuppah. If you would like to make an original gift using a wonderful hand woven tallit, Judaica Gifts provides you with a comprehensive selection of beautiful high-quality tallits to meet any sophisticated taste.
Tallits are an essential part of Jewish spiritual life, and at the same time the religious significance of a Jewish tallit lies not in itself, but in the specifically-detailed fringes, or tzitzit, that are tied to each corner based on a passage of the Torah instructing wearers of “four-cornered garments” to do so in order to remember God’s commandments. The tzitzit at the four corners of the Jewish tallit are tied into knots using a complex procedure with number-related symbolic meaning. The only prescription of wearing the tallit is to hold the tzitzit together during the prayer.
Usually a tallit is worn by men and there is even a tradition to give a tallit as a gift by a father to son, a father-in-law to a son-in-law or a teacher to a student. As for the women, wearing a Jewish tallit is their personal choice based on their own desire to contemplate and express their reverence. Our wonderful collection of tallits includes delicate and beautiful womens tallits that will be a perfect gift for every woman.
Any mens or womens tallit can be very simple or very complex in design: the only requirement of Jewish tallit construction is that it should be a shawl – long enough to be worn over the shoulders. Judaica Gifts provides you with an extensive assortment of tallits, which are hand woven of wool, silk, rayon and other materials. Any of our hand woven tallits comes in a great variety of colors and sizes, and are decorated with a wide range of artistic patterns that reflect specific symbols, stories and events in Jewish culture.
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