tallis

Definitions

• prayer shawl

Example Sentences

• "I forgot to bring my tallis to services yesterday."

Languages of Origin

• Textual Hebrew

Etymology

• טלית

Who Uses This

• Jews: Jews of diverse religious backgrounds and organizational involvements

Regions

• North America

Dictionaries

• The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
• The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
• The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
• Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).
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Alternative Spellings

tallit, talis, talit

Notes

• Plural among Sephardi/Israeli Hebrew speakers is 'tallitót' (טליתות), while among Ashkenazi Hebrew/Yiddish speakers it is 'taléysim' (טליתים)