The Tallit (Prayer Shawl)  and The TzitTzit (Fringes) copyright 2005 Dr.Rick Kurnow “The Tallit” is pronounced “Tah leet”, plural is tallitot (tallits).  It is also called a “talis” (plural is taleisim) in modern Hebrew. TALITH contains two Hebrew words: TAL meaning tent and ITH meaning little. Literally a LITTLE TENT. The Biblical reason for the … Continue reading The Tallit Prayer Shawl