Jewish people and clothes for prayer

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Jewish people and prayer

Jewish people have special clothes for prayer. They are worn by Jewish men. Jews pray three or more times everyday.

	This is called a tallit. It is a prayer shawl. Men and boys wear it to pray. The Torah has 640 laws. The shawl has 613 tassels - one for each law.
	This is called a tefflin. Men and boys wear it to pray. They put one on their arm and one on their head. They also wear a cap. It is called a skull cap.
	Some Jewish people wear this under their clothes. It is called a tzitzit. It has four corners and fringes.
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