Tallit katan

The Tallit katan ("small tallit") is a fringed undergarment worn by Orthodox

Orthodox Judaism

Orthodox Judaism is a formulation of Judaism that adheres to a relatively strict interpretation and application of the laws and ethics first canonized in the Talmudic texts and as subsequently developed and applied by the later authorities known as the Gaonim, Rishonim, and Acharonim.Orthodox...

 and Hasidic Jewish males. It is a poncho-like garment with a hole for the head and a specially knotted ritual fringe attached to each of the four corners.

The Tallit katan ("small tallit") is a fringed undergarment worn by Orthodox

Orthodox Judaism

Orthodox Judaism is a formulation of Judaism that adheres to a relatively strict interpretation and application of the laws and ethics first canonized in the Talmudic texts and as subsequently developed and applied by the later authorities known as the Gaonim, Rishonim, and Acharonim.Orthodox...

 and Hasidic Jewish males. It is a poncho-like garment with a hole for the head and a specially knotted ritual fringe attached to each of the four corners.

The custom of wearing a tallit katan is based on a verse in which exhorts Jews to "remember[ance of] all the commandments of the Lord."

The tallit katan is also known as arba kanfot (Yiddish/Ashkenazic Hebrew: arba kanfos), literally "four corners," or tzitzit

Tzitzit

Tzitzit or tzitzis are "fringes" or "tassels" worn by observant Jews on the corners of four-cornered garments, including the tallit and tallit katan...

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