Tallit
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A tallit, taleth, or tallis is a fringed garment worn as a prayer shawl by religious Jews. The tallit has special twined and knotted fringes known as tzitzit attached to its four corners. The cloth pa
A white wool tallit, following one Sephardic custom
A folded tallit with the Chabad pattern
Chaim Moshe Zilbershitz seen with his Ashkenazic tallit
Tallit found at the House of Shimson Kleuger, Oświęcim
Bar and bat mitzvah
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A bar mitzvah or bat mitzvah is a coming of age ritual in Judaism. According to Jewish law, before children reach a certain age, the parents are responsible for their child's actions. Once Jewish chil
Tallit
…a tallit gadol is first used, including within Orthodox Judaism. In some Sephardic Orthodox communities, young boys wear a tallit even before becoming b'nei mitzvah. In some communities, it is worn beginning with a boy's bar mitzvah, though the tallit katan is often worn from preschool age. In many Orthodox Ashkenazi…
Bar mitzvah boy wearing tallit and tefillin
Bar Mitzvah in a Synagogue by Oscar Rex
Reading from the Torah (Sephardi custom)
An 1839 description of an upcoming Manhattan bar mitzvah reported in the New York Herald