Jastrow: טַלִּית

טַלִּית f. (טלל) cover, sheet, cloak (similar to the Roman pallium, Gr. φᾶρος). Sabb. 147ᵃ ט׳ מקופלת a cloak folded up and thrown over the shoulder. Men. 41ᵃ ט׳ כפולה a double-sized sheet worn by doubling it. Sabb. 138ᵃ ט׳ כפולה וכ׳ one must not make a tent on the Sabbath by spreading a double-sized sheet on poles so that the ends hang down. Kidd. 18ᵃ sq. (ref. to בבגדו, Ex. XXI, 8) כיון שפירש טַלִּיתוֹ עליה since he spread his (bed-) sheet over her (v. בָּגַד).—Esp. Tallith, the cloak of honor, the scholar’s or officer’s distinction (adorned with fringes according to Num. XV, 38 sq.); the cloak of the leader in prayer. Num. R. s. 8, end שמלה זו ט׳ simlah (Deut. X, 18), that means the cloak to which the show-fringes are attached. Gen. R. s. 36 (ref. to השמלה, Gen. IX, 23) לפיכך זכה שם לט׳ וכ׳ therefore was Shem privileged to wear the Tallith &c. Ex. R. s. 27 נתמנה … ונטל ט׳ וכ׳ when one has been appointed to an office and has taken the T., he must not &c.; a. fr.—Pl. טַלִּיתוֹת, טַלִּיּוֹת. Sabb. 147ᵃ ed. (Ms. M. sing.). Tanḥ. Korah 2; Num. R. s. 18, beg. ט׳ תכלת cloaks all of purple blue; Y. Snh. X, 27ᵈ bot. טלויות, ed. Krot. טלוי׳ (corr. acc. or טַלִּיוֹת). Zab. IV, 5 עשר טליות וכ׳ if ten sheets are placed above one another. Ib. 7; Sabb. 93ᵃ