Stock Photo - Religion- Jewish- A tallit Hebrew: talet1 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 A tallit is worn 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 The tallit can be made of any materials except a mixture of wool and linen shatnez interwoven which is strictly prohibited by the Torah Most traditional tallitot are made of wool Tallit are usually given as gifts to children on their Bar Mitzvahs