10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TALLITOT»
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tallitot in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Fashioning Jews: Clothing, Culture, and Commerce
In the early 1970s, a milestone in the history of women wearing tallitot occurred.
At the time, the Jewish Theological Seminary considered ordaining women as
rabbis and the issue sparked national controversy. During this era of debate, the
...
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Inventing Jewish Ritual
Some women found the available tallitot simply too big. Some found that the bold
black or blue stripes reminded them too much of the prayer garb of their
husbands, fathers, and grandfathers—the very garment seemed too quintessen-
tially ...
Tallitot (plural of tallit) are rectangular in shape and have fringes called tzitzits at
the four corners. Tallitot come in various sizes ranging from 24 inches by 72
inches to 60 inches by 72 inches. The most common colors are white with either
black ...
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The Encyclopedia of Jewish Symbols
Some Jews wrap themselves in their tallitot when they pray. When the Kohanim (
descendants of the 'priests) bestow the 'Priestly Blessing upon the congregation,
they cover their heads with their tallitot. Being under the tallit symbolizes God's ...
Ellen Frankel, Betsy Platkin Teutsch, 1992
I immediately thought to myself, "In their community women don't wear tallitot.
This guy is going to think I'm crazy." He didn't. He pulled out a drawer with the
women's tallitot One pink tallit after another. "So this," I said to myself, "is what the
tallit ...
Jane Ellen Golub, Joel Lurie Grishaver, 2004
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The Creative Jewish Wedding Book: A Hands-on Guide to New & ...
Tallitot: A tallit is the traditional Jewish prayer shawl worn for morning prayers.
Traditionally, brides would present their new husbands with a special wedding
gift of a new tallit, which might also be used as the wedding canopy. Today in
many ...
Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer, 2009
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The Mitzvah Project Book: Making Mitzvah Part of Your ...
congregations ask people to wear prayer shawls, or tallitot, when they come up to
the bimah. Some people choose to wear tallitot throughout the entire service. In
the Reform and Conservative movements, both men and women often wear ...
Liz Suneby, Diane Heiman, 2011
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Celebrating Your New Jewish Daughter: Creating Jewish Ways ...
In non-Orthodox circles, young men and women often receive tallitot (plural for
tallit) when they become bar and bat mitzvah. A growing number of liberal Jewish
women have begun wearing tallitot and exploring the emotional resonance that it
...
Debra Nussbaum Cohen, 2001
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Judaism and Crisis: Crisis as a Catalyst in Jewish Cultural ...
Ramah camps, Schachter developed projects of 'do—it—yourself' religious arti—
facts, which included, for example, the creation of individual tallitot. Both young
men and women designed their own individual tallitot, using colors and shapes ...
Armin Lange, K.F.Diethard Römheld, Matthias Weigold, 2011
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The Cambridge Dictionary of Judaism and Jewish Culture
See also CANAAN, CANAANITES; EGYPT AND ANCIENT ISRAEL. ELIZABETH
SHULMAN Tallit (pl. tallitot) is a ∗prayer shawl, traditionally made of wool or silk,
worn by adults during morning ∗worship, on ∗Tisha B'Av in the afternoon, and ...
Judith R. Baskin, Judith Reesa Baskin, 2011
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TALLITOT»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
tallitot is used in the context of the following news items.
Hue and cry at the Kotel
Clad in kippot, tefillin and vibrant tallitot, Jewish women representing pluralistic prayer group Women of the Wall were met by cries of disapproval at the Western ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»
Reform Movement Calls for Resignation Of Shas Religious Affairs …
To come with tallitot, tefillin and a Torah scroll is not praying but rather provocation.. Women of the Wall meets at the beginning of each Jewish month for a ... «JP Updates, Jun 15»
Israeli religious affairs chief: Reform Jews 'a disaster'
Many of the women wear tallitot and tefillin, and have been lobbying to be allowed to read from the Torah during the service. Twice in recent months the group ... «Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Jun 15»
Design a tallit as unique as they are
Prayer shawls, or tallitot, have long been an important part of Jewish ritual tradition. Although the date of their first appearance is unknown, Torah dictates that ... «Jewish Journal, May 15»
Florida synagogue sets world record for largest tallit
... which according to the newspaper has nearly 1,000 children, decided it would create a special large prayer shawl for the occasion rather than have the tallitot ... «Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Mar 15»
Gifts of art from the heart
Emanuel's extensive line of hand-painted raw silk and other tallitot, though not specifically for b'nai mitzvah, are very popular gifts. They range from $90 to a little ... «The Jewish Journal of Greater L.A., May 14»
The Lives Of Women Through Fabric Art
Still, the women did not wear tallitot. When her daughter was born, she wanted to start wearing a tallit. "I wanted it to be normative. I started looking around and I ... «Hartford Courant, Jan 14»
Wrapped In Tradition, An Exhibit Of Jewish Prayer Shawls, At The …
A display of contemporary and traditional Jewish prayer shawls called tallitot (tallitot, plural for tallit) from the community, around the country, and Israel is on ... «The Chattanoogan, Dec 13»
How Buying a Tallit at 46 Helped Me Claim My Place in the Jewish …
I grew up at a time when women did not wear tallitot. When I was my niece's age, I had to fight to be the first girl in my congregation to have a bat mitzvah on a ... «Tablet Magazine, Dec 13»
Pink prayer shawls honor a 'beautiful person'
Erwin Lewis with the 25 pink tallitot he donated to Congregation B'nai Tikvah in memory of his wife Sylvia. Photo courtesy Erwin Lewis. Advertisements. «New Jersey Jewish News, Sep 13»
