Since I've moved to New York I've noticed a lot of Jewish men carrying small pillow type things. What are they? In my old town the amount of Jews was negligible so I've never seen these before.
2007-04-08 10:15:11 · 4 answers · asked by pastorejon 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It's called a Tallit, or Tefillin bag. These are the bags in which Jews carry their Tallis, which is a long white robe-type thing, which they wear on holidays and Saturdays (the Sabbath/Shabbat), and, sometimes, their tefilin, which are the wooden boxes which you may have seen them wear before on their heads and arms.
pics of Tallit & tallit bags:
http://www.judaism.com/gif-bk/89957a.gif
http://www.tallis-n-tefillin.com/tszowdetail.jpg
http://www.judaica-mall.com/products/tallis-bag-20052m.jpg
http://217.207.178.138/cgi-bin/bridgemanImage.cgi/400.MAX.1305020.7055475/201852.JPG
2007-04-09 21:10:40 · answer #1 · answered by וואלה 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends on the day and time of day -- you might be seeing men carrying a prayer shawl (talit) in a bag (sometimes a cloth bag inside a plastic covering bag. It might also hold the tefillin (phylacteries) on a weekday, and even a prayer book.
of course, maybe you're just in an area where people carry pillows...
2007-04-08 17:24:57 · answer #2 · answered by rosends 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If it's like a little zippered thingy like I think you are talking about, then I don't know the name....but it's a little storage bag that holds the copy of the Torah and yarmulke, maybe even the prayer shawl
I could be wrong.....I'm not religious, but I had something like that at my Bar Mitzvah
2007-04-08 17:21:17 · answer #3 · answered by fling.poop 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, it's a Tallit Bag. You can see them here:
http://www.judaism.com/search.asp?nt=CKblAe&sctn=842
2007-04-08 17:29:56 · answer #4 · answered by Heron By The Sea 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋