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lɪs; noun, plural tal·li·thim, tal·li·tim, tal·li·sim 
[Ashkenazic Hebrew, English tah-lee-sim, -ley-, tah-luh-sim; Sephardic Hebrew tah-lee-teem] . Judaism.
[Ashkenazic Hebrew, English tah-lee-sim, -ley-, tah-luh-sim; Sephardic Hebrew tah-lee-teem] . Judaism. 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.
Also, tal·lit, tal·lis.
Origin:
1605–15; < Hebrew ṭallīth literally, cover, cloak
1605–15; < Hebrew ṭallīth literally, cover, cloak
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| Judaism a fringed shawl worn by Jewish men during morning prayers | |
| [from Hebrew, literally: a cover] | |
| tallith or tallith | |
| —n | |
| [from Hebrew, literally: a cover] | |
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tallith
prayerprayer shawl worn by male Jews during the daily morning service (shaharit); it is also worn by the leader of the service during the afternoon service (minha). On Yom Kippur, males wear it for all five services and on Tisha be-Av only during the afternoon service
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