Tzitzit
Sign in to saveTzitzit ( ṣīṣīṯ, ; plural ṣīṣiyyōṯ, Ashkenazi: '; and Samaritan: ') are specially knotted ritual fringes, or tassels, worn in antiquity by Israelites and also modern observant Jews and Samaritans. are usually attached to the four corners of the tallit gadol (prayer shawl), usually referred to simply as a or ; and tallit katan (everyday undershirt). Through synecdoche, a may be referred to as .
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- Etymology
- Torah sources
- Rabbinic Judaism
- Fabrics
- Threads and knots
- Interpretations
- Color of the strings
- Tekhelet
- The other threads
- ''Tzitzit'' for women
- Karaite ''tzitzit''
- Samaritan ''tzitzit''
- In archaeology and secular scholarship
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Tzitzit ( ṣīṣīṯ, ; plural ṣīṣiyyōṯ, Ashkenazi: '; and Samaritan: ') are specially knotted ritual fringes, or tassels, worn in antiquity by Israelites and also modern observant Jews and Samaritans. are usually attached to the four corners of the tallit gadol (prayer shawl), usually referred to simply as a or ; and tallit katan (everyday undershirt). Through synecdoche, a may be referred to as .
==Etymology==