Items worn for worship
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- Created on: 14-10-21 19:45
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- Items worn for worship
- Kippah
- -for jews, the kipah is a symbol of identity and respect for God
- shape and size depends on the community
- Drawings from the Third century depict Jews without hats, but, from the Middle Ages, most Jews wore hats during prayer and worship
- worn by Jewish men during prayer and study
- debate whether they should wear them all the time ( if it is their duty) or just during/at worship
- Jews wear the kipper to symbolise that God is better than them
- worn at the highest point of the body to symbolise that God is above them and they pray to him
- worn to keep the male ego in check, that is why women don't, stereotypically, wear them
- some jews don't always feel safe wearing them
- -for jews, the kipah is a symbol of identity and respect for God
- tallit
- four cornered garment with tzizit attached
- tzizit relates to the duty in numbers 15:37-41, that you must wear fringes in the corners of clothes
- later, practice was introduced of wearing a garment which had fringes to represent the 613 mitzvot
- tallit gadol
- large
- made of wool or silk
- Prayer shawl, as it is only worn during prayer and worship
- after death, the tallit gadol is sometimes wrapped around the body like a shroud
- worn across back and drapes over the arms
- tallit katan
- small
- worn by observant jewish males under their everyday clothes throughout the day
- central hole that goes over the head and covers the front and back of the body with tzizit hanging down from the corners
- four cornered garment with tzizit attached
- tefillin
- made up for two leather boxes
- when in place, a special prayer is said
- ' blessed are you, lord our god, king of the universe, who sanctified us with his commandment as to wear tefillin'
- worn by orthodox males everyday at morning prayer, except from Shabbat and other festivals
- number of women want to wear the tefillin and tallit for worship- resulting in many different views being expressed
- tefillah shel rosh
- bound to the head with a leather strap
- reminder that the wearer must serve God with his mind by developing good thoughts
- in each of its four compartments, there is a small handwritten scroll containing the first two paragraphs of the shema
- tefillah shel yad
- bound to the upper arm with a leather strap
- leans slightly toward the heart
- one compartmentwhich contains a scroll of the same passages from the Shema
- reminder that the wearer must serve God with his heard through acts of compassion
- bound to the upper arm with a leather strap
- Kippah
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