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Prayer shawl collar

(atarah)

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A decorative collar attached to a prayer shawl (tallit).

Translations

  • Hebrewעטרה
  • GermanKragen des Gebetsschals
  • RussianАтара
  • FrenchCol de châle de prière
  • DutchTallietkraag
  • ItalianCollo dello scialle di preghiera
  • CzechAtara
  • HungarianImasál dísz
  • SpanishCollar de manto de oración
  • GreekΚολάρο για το σάλι προσευχής
  • PolishKołnierz szala modlitewnego
  • Arabicطوق المصلي
  • Yiddishעטרה פֿאַר טלית
  • LadinoKolar de talet

Bibliography

Goldman-Ida, Batsheva. “The Hasidic Prayer Shawl Ornament.” Hasidic Art and the Kabbalah, Leiden: Brill, 2018, pp. 232-76.

Juhasz, Esther. “Shpanyer Arbet.” Treasures of Jewish Galicia: Judaica from the Museum of Ethnography and Crafts in Lvov, Ukraine, ed. Sarah Harel Hoshen, Tel-Aviv: Beit Hatfutsot, 1996, pp. 149-59.

Juhasz, Esther, ed. “Tzitzit – Ritual Fringes.” The Jewish Wardrobe: From the Collection of The Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Milan: 5 Continents Editions, 2012, pp. 43-64, 319-20.

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