Prayer Shawl
In Numbers 15:37-41 and Deuteronomy 22:12. The Israelites were commanded to wear fringe, tassels, or twisted coils on the corner of their garments to remind them of the commandments of the Lord and to do them. There were 39 windings in each, which equals the numerical value of the Hebrew words “the Lord is one.” How awesome to realize that Jesus suffered the same number of stripes for our healing. (Isaiah 53:5; 1 Peter. 2:24)
Even today the Jewish people say that the TALIS (Prayer Shawl) is a religious symbol, a garment, shroud, canopy, cloak which envelopes the Jew both physically and spiritually, in prayer and celebration, in joy and sorrow. It is used at all major Jewish occasions: Circumcisions, barmitzvahs, Weddings and burials. It protects scrolls of the Torah when they are moved.
The dead are wrapped in it when buried. The bride and groom are covered with the canopy of the prayer shawl. (Some wrap them in it, while others have the whole wedding party stand under it). It inspirited the Jewish flag. Three separate people had the same idea. They just unfurled the prayer shawl and added the Shield of David.
In Biblical times Jewish men wore this garment called a TALITH, TALIS, TALIT or Prayer SHAWL all the time, not just at prayer. TALITH contains two Hebrew words: TAL meaning tent and ITH meaning little; thus, LITTLE TENT. Each man had his own little tents. (The apostle Paul was a Jewish Pharisee, but also a tentmaker. Many believe that he made Prayer Shawls, not tents to live in). Six million Jews could not fit into the tent of meeting that was set up in the Old Testament. Therefore, what was given to them was their own private sanctuary where they could meet with God. Each man had one! His Prayer Shawl or TALIS. They would pull it up over their head, forming a tent, where they would begin to chant and sing their Hebrew songs, and call upon Elohim, Yahweh, and Adonai. It was an intimate, private, set apart from anyone else time, totally focused upon God. This was their PRAYER CLOSET!
The Hebrew writing, on the ATARAH or CROWN, is the BLESSING: “Blessed art thou. Lord our God. King, of the Universe, who has sanctified us with His commandments and commanded us to wrap ourselves in the TZIT TZIT The Blessing is placed over the head, on the outside, just like the tent walls of the Holy Tabernacle so that they would always hang the same way. As the Atorah was placed over the head, it formed his own tent. WINGS of the garment were formed when the arms were held out.
In Ruth 3:9, Ruth found herself at the feet of Boaz and as he awakened, he was moved with her vulnerability. Women were not to do things of this nature in those days. But in complete honesty and openness she said to him. “spread the corner of your garment over me for thou art my nearest kinsmen redeemer” In NKJ it say, “Take your maidservant under your wing, for you are a close relative. “Ruth said,” “Take me under your WING.” Cover me, is a term of intimacy Boaz was an honorable man and dud the honorable thing. They were married, and she became his bride. Here she was.
A Moabite woman from a foreign country, grafted into the nation of Israel, like us. She had the right to be covered by her Jewish spouse’s talis. This is a symbolic expression of marriage. (In-Mid East culture they cast a garment over one being claimed for marriage.) In Ezekiel 16:8 the Lord speaks to Jerusalem and likewise says, “So I spread my wing over you and covered your nakedness, “and in Psalm 91 we are to “abide under the shadow of the Almighty” and he “Under His wings.”
As you study the Hebrew and Greek, this covering with the garment is expressed as “”the HOVERING ) or BROODING) of the Spirit of God over the face of the waters. “in Genesis 1:2, the HOVERING OVER and SPRING OUT OF THE WINGS of the eagle in Deuteronomy 32:11, “The Overshadowing of the Host High “when Jesus was conceived by the Holy Ghost in Luke 1:35, the OVERSHADOWING that came upon Peter, John and James as they went with Jesus to the Mt Transfiguration to pray in Luke 9:28, and when Peter’s shadow became the OVESHADOWING, as people were healed when his shadow (filled with the overshadowing presence of the Lord) fell upon them in Acts 5:14.
The Prophet Elijah passed his mantle on to Elisha in 11 Kings 2. Many believe that this mantle was actually his talis and was symbolic of the power of prayer that Elijah had saturated that mantle with. This mantle that Elijah left behind as he was taken up by a whirlwind into heaven was what Elisha struck and parted the water with.
In Luke 8:43 the woman, having a flow of blood for 12 years, came and touched the BORDER OF HIS GARMENT and was healed. That word BORDER comes from the Hebrew word Tzit Tzit meaning twisted coils on the (Remember the commandment from Deut. 22:12 to wear the twisted coils?) What did she touch? The twisted coils on the border of the garment (His Prayer Shawl) that Jesus, being Jewish, would have been wearing!
Mark 5:41 “Then He took the child by the hand and said to her, “Talitha cumi,” which is translated, “Little girl. I say to you arise.” Some scholars believe that her name comes from the old word Talitha” and that a literal translation of this is,
“Little girl who is now in my tabernacle (tent), arise. The scholars believe that He took His prayer shawl and wrapped it around her and said, “Little girl” who is now in my tabernacle, arise! And the power of the intimacy that Jesus had with God caused her to rise.
The PRAYER SHAWL is symbolic of something that God is doing on the Earth. We have a Jewish heritage through Jesus Christ. God does not do away with a lot of things that we do away with. He is not offended by the Jewish culture Allow the Holy Spirit to further teach and guide you regarding the Jewish Prayer Shawl.
Even today the Jewish people say that the TALIS (Prayer Shawl) is a religious symbol, a garment, shroud, canopy, cloak which envelopes the Jew both physically and spiritually, in prayer and celebration, in joy and sorrow. It is used at all major Jewish occasions: Circumcisions, barmitzvahs, Weddings and burials. It protects scrolls of the Torah when they are moved.
The dead are wrapped in it when buried. The bride and groom are covered with the canopy of the prayer shawl. (Some wrap them in it, while others have the whole wedding party stand under it). It inspirited the Jewish flag. Three separate people had the same idea. They just unfurled the prayer shawl and added the Shield of David.
In Biblical times Jewish men wore this garment called a TALITH, TALIS, TALIT or Prayer SHAWL all the time, not just at prayer. TALITH contains two Hebrew words: TAL meaning tent and ITH meaning little; thus, LITTLE TENT. Each man had his own little tents. (The apostle Paul was a Jewish Pharisee, but also a tentmaker. Many believe that he made Prayer Shawls, not tents to live in). Six million Jews could not fit into the tent of meeting that was set up in the Old Testament. Therefore, what was given to them was their own private sanctuary where they could meet with God. Each man had one! His Prayer Shawl or TALIS. They would pull it up over their head, forming a tent, where they would begin to chant and sing their Hebrew songs, and call upon Elohim, Yahweh, and Adonai. It was an intimate, private, set apart from anyone else time, totally focused upon God. This was their PRAYER CLOSET!
The Hebrew writing, on the ATARAH or CROWN, is the BLESSING: “Blessed art thou. Lord our God. King, of the Universe, who has sanctified us with His commandments and commanded us to wrap ourselves in the TZIT TZIT The Blessing is placed over the head, on the outside, just like the tent walls of the Holy Tabernacle so that they would always hang the same way. As the Atorah was placed over the head, it formed his own tent. WINGS of the garment were formed when the arms were held out.
In Ruth 3:9, Ruth found herself at the feet of Boaz and as he awakened, he was moved with her vulnerability. Women were not to do things of this nature in those days. But in complete honesty and openness she said to him. “spread the corner of your garment over me for thou art my nearest kinsmen redeemer” In NKJ it say, “Take your maidservant under your wing, for you are a close relative. “Ruth said,” “Take me under your WING.” Cover me, is a term of intimacy Boaz was an honorable man and dud the honorable thing. They were married, and she became his bride. Here she was.
A Moabite woman from a foreign country, grafted into the nation of Israel, like us. She had the right to be covered by her Jewish spouse’s talis. This is a symbolic expression of marriage. (In-Mid East culture they cast a garment over one being claimed for marriage.) In Ezekiel 16:8 the Lord speaks to Jerusalem and likewise says, “So I spread my wing over you and covered your nakedness, “and in Psalm 91 we are to “abide under the shadow of the Almighty” and he “Under His wings.”
As you study the Hebrew and Greek, this covering with the garment is expressed as “”the HOVERING ) or BROODING) of the Spirit of God over the face of the waters. “in Genesis 1:2, the HOVERING OVER and SPRING OUT OF THE WINGS of the eagle in Deuteronomy 32:11, “The Overshadowing of the Host High “when Jesus was conceived by the Holy Ghost in Luke 1:35, the OVERSHADOWING that came upon Peter, John and James as they went with Jesus to the Mt Transfiguration to pray in Luke 9:28, and when Peter’s shadow became the OVESHADOWING, as people were healed when his shadow (filled with the overshadowing presence of the Lord) fell upon them in Acts 5:14.
The Prophet Elijah passed his mantle on to Elisha in 11 Kings 2. Many believe that this mantle was actually his talis and was symbolic of the power of prayer that Elijah had saturated that mantle with. This mantle that Elijah left behind as he was taken up by a whirlwind into heaven was what Elisha struck and parted the water with.
In Luke 8:43 the woman, having a flow of blood for 12 years, came and touched the BORDER OF HIS GARMENT and was healed. That word BORDER comes from the Hebrew word Tzit Tzit meaning twisted coils on the (Remember the commandment from Deut. 22:12 to wear the twisted coils?) What did she touch? The twisted coils on the border of the garment (His Prayer Shawl) that Jesus, being Jewish, would have been wearing!
Mark 5:41 “Then He took the child by the hand and said to her, “Talitha cumi,” which is translated, “Little girl. I say to you arise.” Some scholars believe that her name comes from the old word Talitha” and that a literal translation of this is,
“Little girl who is now in my tabernacle (tent), arise. The scholars believe that He took His prayer shawl and wrapped it around her and said, “Little girl” who is now in my tabernacle, arise! And the power of the intimacy that Jesus had with God caused her to rise.
The PRAYER SHAWL is symbolic of something that God is doing on the Earth. We have a Jewish heritage through Jesus Christ. God does not do away with a lot of things that we do away with. He is not offended by the Jewish culture Allow the Holy Spirit to further teach and guide you regarding the Jewish Prayer Shawl.
Comment
© 2024 Created by Raliegh Jones Jr..
Powered by
You need to be a member of Black Preaching Network to add comments!
Join Black Preaching Network