the special fringes on the corner of the tallit; see also Tallit
Ritual strings placed on four cornered garments, as a reminder of the 613 commandments.
Fringes attached to the corners of garments as a reminder of the commandments. Numbers 15:37-41 commands to wear tzitzit (fringes) at the corners of garments as a reminder of the commandments. This is the part of the garment (the hem) the woman who sought a healing from Jesus touched in Matthew 9:20.
The tassels on the four corners of the prayer shawl. The tassels were to be a physical reminder of God's commandments to the Jewish people. When the woman who was bleeding for twelve years reached out to touch Jesus, it was not for the hem of his garment but for the tzitzit. See Matthew 9:21.
(TSEET-tseet) The four fringes at the corners of the tallit, wound in knots and tied in a manner which can be understood to add up to the 613 mitzvot obligatory for Jews.
The fring on a tallit, based on the Torah passages of Num. 15:37-41 and Deut. 22:12.
Fringes G-d commanded be attached to the corners of garments.
(Hebrew) In Judaism: 1. The braided fringes on the four corners of a tallit, which represent the four corners of the world and which are knotted so as to correspond, numerically, with the name of God. 2. Also, a poncho-like undershirt worn by Jewish men, which has these fringes attached to its four corners.
pl. tzi·tzi·ot - specially made fringes worn on the four corners of a manâ€(tm)s tallit, fulfilling the commandment in Num 15:37-41.
(TZIT-sit) Fringes attached to the corners of garments as a reminder of the commandments.
Tzitzit (Ashkenazi Hebrew: tzitzis) are "fringes" or "tassels" (Hebrew: ציצת (Biblical), ציצית (Mishnaic)) found on a tallit worn by observant Jews as part of practicing Judaism. In Orthodox Judaism it is only worn by males.