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Belt for prayer

(Gartel)

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A black belt or waistband composed of multiple strings predominantly worn by Hasidic men during prayer, to separate the upper and lower parts of the body.

Translations

  • Hebrewחגורה לתפילה
  • GermanGebetsgürtel
  • RussianПояс для молитвы
  • FrenchCeinture pour la prière
  • DutchGebedsriem of -ceintuur
  • ItalianCintura per la preghiera
  • CzechGartl
  • HungarianImaöv
  • SpanishCinturón para liturgias
  • GreekΖώνη για την προσευχή
  • PolishPas do modlitwy
  • Arabicحزام جلدي طقسي
  • Yiddishגאַרטל
  • LadinoKushak de orasyones

Bibliography

Assaf-Shapira, Efrat. “Belts.” The Jewish Wardrobe: From the Collection of The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, ed. Esther Juhasz, Milan: 5 Continents Editions, 2012, p. 120.

Goldberg-Mulkiewicz, Olga. “Dress.” The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe, 2010.

Langer, Jiří. Nine Gates to the Chassidic Mysteries. New York: Behrman House, 1961, pp. 44-47, 232-33.

Muchawsky-Schnapper, Ester. A World Apart Next Door: Glimpses into the Life of Hasidic Jews., Jerusalem: The Israel Museum, 2012, pp. 118-21.

Sperber, Daniel. “Mashehu al-ha-‘Gartel’ [A Word about the ‘Gartel’].” Minhagei Yisrael: Mekorot ve-Toldot [Israeli Customs: Origins and History], vol. 7, Jerusalem: Mosad ha-Rav Kook, 2003, pp. 94-107.

Wertheim, Aaron. “Gartel.” Law and Custom in Hasidism. Hoboken: Ktav Publishing House, 1992, pp. 113-14.

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