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A white tallit according to the Sephardic tradition		A tallit with black stripes according to the Orthodox Ashkenasic tradition

A tallit (Hebrew: טַלִּית‎‎) (talet^[1] in Sephardic Hebrew and Ladino) (tallis,^[2] in Ashkenazic Hebrew and Yiddish) pl. tallitot (talleisim,^[3] tallism,^[4] in Ashkenazic Hebrew and Yiddish) is a Jewish prayer shawl. The tallit is worn over the outer clothes during the morning prayers (Shacharit) on weekdays, Shabbat and holidays. The tallit has special twined and knotted fringes known as tzitzit attached to its four corners. Most traditional tallitot are made of wool. Tallitot are often given as gifts to children on their Bar Mitzvahs. In orthodox circles, a Tallit is customarily presented to a groom before marriage as part of the dowry.