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Secrets of the Prayer Shawl

Secrets of the Prayer Shawl. The Tallit. PROF.M.M.NINAN. What is a tallit?. The Lord said to Moses as follows: Speak to the Israelite people and instruct them to make for themselves fringes ( Tzitzit )   on the corners ( Kanphei )   of their garments throughout the ages…. What is a tallit?.

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Secrets of the Prayer Shawl

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  1. Secrets of the Prayer Shawl The Tallit PROF.M.M.NINAN

  2. What is a tallit? The Lord said to Moses as follows: Speak to the Israelite people and instruct them to make for themselves fringes (Tzitzit)   on the corners (Kanphei)   of their garments throughout the ages…

  3. What is a tallit? You shall make tassels on the four corners of the garment with which you cover yourself. Deuteronomy 22:12

  4. What is a tallit? That shall be your fringe; look at it and recall all the commandments of the Lord and observe them, so that you do not follow your heart and eyes in your lustful urge. Thus you shall be reminded to observe all my commandments and to be holy to your God. I the Lord am your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God: I, the Lord your God Numbers 15:37-40

  5. "I am here enwrapping myself in this fringed robe, in fulfillment of the command of my Creator, as it is written in the Torah, they shall make them a fringe upon the corners of their garments throughout their generations. And even as I cover myself with the tallit in this world, so may my soul deserve to be clothed with a beauteous spiritual robe in the World to Come, in the garden of Eden."

  6. TAL meaning tent and ITH meaning little.

  7. Mat 6:6 But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you..

  8. Prayer Closet

  9. Prayer Closet

  10. The Little Tent - complete Tallit, Tephillin, Yamulke yarmulke, (skullcap, kippah) is a small cap The Tephillin are two small boxes with leather straps attached to them. The Tallit is a prayer shawl.

  11. Kippah (a skull cap) Kippah to remind him that he is always duty bound to follow the laws of God at all times and in all places. Tallit (a prayer shawl) The fringes on the shawl remind him of the many commandments of the Torah. Tefilin (small leather box with long leather straps attached Inside the boxes are passages from the scriptures. A tefilin on the forehead remind the Jew to concentrate on the teachings of the Torah with all your full mind. A tefilin on the left arm is a reminder to keep God's laws with all your heart, because it is near to the heart.

  12. One should not walk bare-headed (the distance of) four cubits Shulchan Aruch, Oracn Chayim, chapter 2

  13. Yarmulke yammica “yerai malka" (fear of or respect for The King). Jews covered their heads to show that they were servants of G-d.

  14. Phylacteries - Tefllin

  15. The scrolls are strips of parchment upon which are inscribed four passages from the Torah: 1) Kadesh (Exodus 13:1-10) 2) VeHayah Ki Yeviacha (Exodus 13:11-16) 3) The Shema (Deuteronomy 6:4-9) 4) VeHayah Im Shamoa (Deuteronomy 11:13-21) The passages are hand-written by a scribe with certified kosher black ink.

  16. Birkhot hamitzvot:Blessings recited prior to performing certain mitzvot(commandments) Barukh ata adonai Blessed are You, Lord Eloheinu melekh ha'olam Our God, Ruler of the universe Asher kid'shanu b'mitzvotav, Who has sanctified us with God's commandments, V'tzivanu l'hit'ateif batzitzit. And has commanded us to wrap ourselves in fringes.

  17. Out of Egypt Egyptians wore as little as possible

  18. The dress of the nomads

  19. Roman Toga Non-citizens were forbidden to wear a toga.

  20. Roman Stola Women’s dress consisted of TUNICA (underdress), STOLA (overdress), and PALLA (wrap).

  21. The arba kanfots

  22. A tallis gadol (Large Tallis) "Bless Adonai, O my soul. Adonai, My God, You are very great, You are clothed in glory and majesty. You have wrapped yourself with a garment of light, spreading out the heavens like a curtain.": The mystical interpretation of the covering shawl is the representation of the covering of glory of God on man.

  23. Chuppah in Weddings Gen 2:24 Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and cleaves to his wife, and they become one flesh

  24. Chuppah in Weddings Therefore a man leaves his world and cleaves to Christ, and they become one flesh

  25. Chuppah in Weddings Therefore a man leaves his world and cleaves to Christ, and they become one flesh

  26. Triple order of oneness John 17:22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: Joh 17:21 that they may all be one; even as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be in us

  27. Blue is like sea,Sea is like skySky is like the Throne of the Lord. "iakinthos" let them attach a cord of blue to the fringe at each corner.

  28. "iakinthos" of Murex Snails Lost Blue

  29. The blue was only obtained from the hypobranchial gland of a Murex marine snail that only lives in deep water in the Mediterranean.

  30. This color • Royal Blue • was used in the ecclesiastical authority and in the temple where authority was involved. • Thus we see them in: • Curtains of the tabernacle. • Exo 26:1 "Moreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet stuff “ • The veil of the ark. • Exo 26:31 "And you shall make a veil of blue and purple and scarlet stuff and fine twined linen

  31. The screen of the door of the Tent of Meeting. • Exo 26:36 "And you shall make a screen for the door of the tent, of blue and purple and scarlet stuff and fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework. • The Ephod of the Priest • Exo 28:6 And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue and purple and scarlet stuff, and of fine twined linen, skilfully worked

  32. Headdress of the Priest • Exo 28:37 And you shall fasten it on the turban by a lace of blue; it shall be on the front of the turban. • Girdle of the Priest • Exo 39:29 and the girdle of fine twined linen and of blue and purple and scarlet stuff, embroidered with needlework;

  33. Tying the Tzitzit

  34. Two Styles Comparison of Ashkenazi vs. Sephardi Note the difference in the number and style of the winds.

  35. Sephardic style Chassidic style

  36. Symbolisms in the Knots and Windings five Books of Moses 5 knots FIVE words of the Shema. The last word, Echad, is represented by the windings between the knots. Shema Yisrael Adonai Elohenu Adonai Echad Hear Oh Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One

  37. Each Tzitzit is made from 8 strings, 7 white and one blue. 'Seven' is the number representing perfection in the physical realm. 'Eight', therefore, transcends the physical realm and symbolizes a direct link to the spiritual realm.

  38. Each group of 8 strings is knotted 5 times to form a Tzitzit Each of the 4 tzitzit have 8 strings, making a total of 32 strings. Thirty-two is the numeric value of the Hebrew word for "HEART". The tzitzit's loose strings represent God's 'heart strings'.

  39. These tassels are tied into 613 knots 613 mitzvot (Commandments)תרי"ג מצוותTaryag mitzvot 248 are mitzvot aseh ("positive commandments")and 365 are mitzvot lo taaseh ("negative commandments").

  40. 613 mitzvot (Commandments)תרי"ג מצוותTaryag mitzvot There are 248 limbs and 365 sinews in the human body

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