Religious Dressing

Question 1

Why do Jewish people have religious clothes?

Answer 1

Jewish people can wear different items of clothing to express their faith and religious identity as a Jewish person

Question 2

What is the Tallith?

Answer 2

-This is a prayer shawl traditional worn by Jewish men during prayer.
-The Torah says “make for themselves fringes on the corners of their garments”

Question 3

What is the Tizitzit?

Answer 3

• knotted fringes attached to the tallit prayer shawl. There are 613 fringes to represent the 613 mitzvot rules.
  -reminds Jews of the laws given by God to Moses e.g. “Do not kill”

Question 4

What is the Tefillin?

Answer 4

-leather boxes that contain parts of the shema traditionally worn by men during prayer
-It is mitzvot to wear the Tefillin: “bind them as a sign on your hand and let them serve as a symbol on your forehead” - The Torah
-They remind Jews to love God in thought and action

Question 5

What is the Kippah?

Answer 5

-These are skull caps traditional worn by Jewish men. Many men wear them to show that they are Jewish.

Question 6

How does Jewish clothing influence their life?

Answer 6

-Jewish men, and some Reform Jewish women will wear these special items of clothing to show their Jewish identity to the rest of society.
-They are worn as a mark of respect to God and to acknowledge that God is transcendent (above and bevond creation).