. Jewish ceremonial institutions and customs. er silk or velvet and elaborately deco-rated. 64 The Worshipper and In distinction to the talith gadol, thelarge praying scarf, used during public de-votions, there is the smaller praying scarfwith fringes, used by all males, young boysincluded. It is known also by the name of arba kanfoth, the four cornered consists of any piece of cloth with anaperture in the center large enough to allowthe head to pass through, so that half of itfalls over and rests on the back, while theother half falls over and rests on the is usually worn
. Jewish ceremonial institutions and customs. er silk or velvet and elaborately deco-rated. 64 The Worshipper and In distinction to the talith gadol, thelarge praying scarf, used during public de-votions, there is the smaller praying scarfwith fringes, used by all males, young boysincluded. It is known also by the name of arba kanfoth, the four cornered consists of any piece of cloth with anaperture in the center large enough to allowthe head to pass through, so that half of itfalls over and rests on the back, while theother half falls over and rests on the is usually worn below the outer garmentsand is put on in the morning, immediatelyafter washing. When put on, this benedic-tion is recited: Praised be the Lord, our God, King of theUniverse, Who has sanctified us with His command-ments and enjoined upon us the command with re-gard to the fringes. The arba kanfoth is not removed againuntil the wearer retires for the night. Thesmall praying scarf undoubtedly originatedat the time of persecution, when Jews were. Small Talith The Week Day Service 65 obliged to practice their ceremonies the phylacteries the praying scarf hasfallen into disuse among some Jews. CHAPTER IIIThe Sabbath ServiceFrom institutions characteristic of theweek-day services let us proceed to thosemarking the Sabbath. The Jewish Sab-bath and holy days do not begin with mid-night, but with sundown of the day preced-ing, and end with the following custom is based on the oft-recurringphrase in the Biblical creation story, Itwas evening, and it was morning (theevening always preceding the morning inthe mention of the day). In many syna-gogues the Sabbath is not welcomed in anyother way than by special hymns and , into a great number of syna-gogues a ceremony called the Kiddush,a feature of the Sabbath sanctification in theJewish home, has found its way. The Kid-dush consists of the lifting up of a cup ofwine by the precentor at the close of the
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