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Secrets of theSecrets of the
Prayer ShawlPrayer Shawl
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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 ) oftheir garments throughout the ages
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What is a tallit?
You shall make tassels on the four
corners of the garment with which youcover yourself.
Deuteronomy 22:12
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What is a tallit?
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
That shall be your fringe;
look at it and recall
all the commandments of the
Lord
and observe them,
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"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."
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TAL meaning tent
and
ITH meaning little.
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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..
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Prayer Closet
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Prayer Closet
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The Little Tent - complete
Tallit, Tephillin, Yamulke
The Tallit is a prayer
shawl.
The Tephillin are
two small boxes
with leather
straps attached
to them.
yarmulke,yarmulke,
(skullcap, kippah)(skullcap, kippah)
is a small capis a small cap
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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 toconcentrate 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.
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One should not walk bare-headed (the
distance of) four cubits Shulchan
Aruch, Oracn Chayim, chapter 2
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Yarmulke
yammica
yerai malka"(fear of or respect for The King).
Jews covered their heads
to show that they were
servants of G-d.
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Phylacteries - Tefllin
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The scrolls are strips of
parchment upon which are
inscribed four passages from theTorah:
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.
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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.
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Out of Egypt
Egyptians wore as little as possible
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The dress of the nomads
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Roman Toga
Non-citizens were forbidden to wear a toga.
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Womens dress consisted of TUNICA (underdress),
STOLA (overdress),
and PALLA (wrap).
Roman Stola
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The arba kanfots
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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 coveringof glory of God on man.
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Chuppah in Weddings
Gen 2:24 Therefore a man leaves his fatherand his mother and cleaves to his wife, and
they become one flesh
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Chuppah in Weddings
Therefore a man leaves hisworld and cleaves to Christ,
and they become one flesh
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Chuppah in Weddings
Therefore a man leaves his world and cleaves to
Christ, and they become one flesh
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John 17:22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have giventhem; 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
Triple order of oneness
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Blue is like sea,
Sea is like sky
Sky is like the Throne of the Lord.
let them attach a cord of blue to the fringe at each corner.
"iakinthos"
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"iakinthos" of
Murex Snails
Lost BlueLost Blue
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The blue was only obtained from the
hypobranchial gland of a Murex marine snail
that only lives in deep water in the
Mediterranean.
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This color
Royal Bluewas 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 twinedlinen and blue and purple and scarlet stuff
The veil of the ark.
Exo 26:31 "And you shall make a veil of blueand purple and scarlet stuff and fine twined
linen
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The screen of the door of
the Tent of Meeting.
Exo 26:36 "And you shall make a screenfor 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 scarletstuff, and of fine twined linen, skilfully
worked
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Headdress of the Priest
Exo 28:37 And you shall fasten it
on the turban by a lace of blue; itshall 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;
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Tying the Tzitzit
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Comparison of
Ashkenazivs.
Sephardi
Note the difference in the number
and style of the winds.
Two Styles
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Sephardic style
Chassidic style
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Symbolisms in the Knots and Windings
five Books of Moses
5 knots
FIVE words of the Shema.
The last word, Echad, is represented by thewindings between the knots.
Hear Oh Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One
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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 realmand symbolizes a direct link to the spiritual realm.
E h f 8 t i i k tt d 5 ti t f T it it
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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'.
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613 mitzvot
(Commandments)
"Taryag mitzvot
248 are mitzvot aseh ("positive commandments")
and
365 are mitzvot lo taaseh ("negative commandments").
These tassels are tied into 613 knots
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613 mitzvot (Commandments)
" Taryag mitzvot
There are 248 limbs
and
365 sinews
in the human body
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12 strings(6 for Judah & 6 for Ephraim).
All strings begin woven together
into 7 braids,
representing the unified House.
The Houses are then split,again with 7 braids each.
The two Houses are then woven
back together again into 7 braids
representing the re-unification of
the two Houses.
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The dead are wrapped in it when they are buried.
After a ritual washing of the body ,the body is dressed in a kittel
(shroud)
and then a tallit.
One of the tzitzitis then cut off.
Matthew 9:20-22
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Matthew 9:20 22
and touched the hem of his garment:
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Proof of Resurrection:
Jesus folded his Tallit
when he arose from the dead.
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Proof of Resurrection:
Jesus folded his Tallit
when he arose from the dead.
T h d Ch
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Torah under Chuppa
N b 15 38 th d t l t d b d i
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Numbers 15:38 the word translated border or corner is a
Hebrew word which can also be translated wings
Ezekiel 16:8, , "and I spread my wing over thee, and
covered thy nakedness,"
Psalm 91 "abide under the shadow of the Almighty " and
"under His wings."
R th A d B
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Ruth And Boaz
"I am Ruth, your maidservant, spread your skirt over
your maidservant, for you are next of kin" (Ruth 3:9).
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When David spared Saul's life
Elijah passed his mantle on to Elisha
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Elijah passed his mantle on to Elisha
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When the prophet Zechariah foretold that ten men will take
hold of the skirt of a Jew and say "we will go with you"
(Zech. 8:23), why should they take hold of his skirt?
T lith C i
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Talitha Cumi
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"Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord, my God, You
are very great; You have clothed Yourself with
majesty and glory. You cover with light like a
garment, stretch out the heavens like a hanging."
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Two worlds, The Spiritual and the Physical.
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extending eternal reality to
include also physical existence.
extending eternal reality to
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extending eternal reality to
include also physical existence.
creation: extending eternal reality to include also physical existence
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Th S i it l d M t i l R l M t
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The Spiritual and Material Realms Meet
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Tallitand
Tzitzit
in
Christianity
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Papal Stole and Cap
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Vestment
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Middle age Monks & NunsMiddle age Monks & Nuns
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Orthodox
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Anglican Ordination
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Anglican Stole
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