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tzitzit
noun
uk /ˈtsɪt.sɪt/ us /ˈtsiːt.siːt/
[ plural ]
the strings with knots in them that are along the edge of a large white, or white and blue, shawl(= a large piece of cloth) that Jewish men and boys wear over their head and neck when praying:
The Torah requires that followers of the Jewish religion wear tzitzit, or fringes, on their garments.
On each of the four corners of the tallit katan is a hole through which the tzitzit strings are threaded and tied.
[ C ]pluraltzitzit(alsotallit)
a white, or white and blue, shawl(= a large piece of cloth) with strings along the edge, that some Jewish men and boys wear under their outer clothes in the daytime:
He was wearing a fringed garment under his shirt, known as a tzitzit.
We wear a little poncho called a tzitzit, or tallit katan (“small tallit”), which fits neatly under a shirt.
He wears the tzitzit of the orthodox Jew.
Some audience members might not understand the symbolism behind the fringes, or tzitzit, that hang from under the male Jewish characters' clothes.
Religious requirements such as hijab, the Sikh turban, and the tzitzit and keppa should be permitted as part of the uniform.
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