Mechelen
Mechelen , Fr. Malines, commune (1991 est. pop. 75,000), Antwerp prov., N central Belgium, on the Dijle River. In English it is also known as Mechlin. It is a commercial, industrial, and transportation center and was formerly a famous lace-making center. Manufactures include textiles, furniture, and beer. Founded in the early Middle Ages, Mechelen was a fief of the prince-bishops of Liège until 1356. It then passed to Louis de Mâle and the dukes of Burgundy. Mechelen was an archiepiscopal center in 1559. The city was often damaged in the many wars that were fought in the Low Countries. However, Mechelen retains many noteworthy buildings, including the Gothic Cathedral of St. Rombaut (13th cent.), which contains Anthony Van Dyck 's painting, the Crucifixion, and has a 319-ft (97-m) tower and a carillon; the churches of Notre Dame and of St. John, both of which have paintings by Peter Paul Rubens ; the archiepiscopal palace (16th cent.); and the city hall (14th cent.; rebuilt 18th cent.).
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Tallit bags thread together families.(WEDDING & CELEBRATION GUIDE)
Newspaper article from: The Jewish Advocate (Boston, MA); 6/27/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...cumulatively needlepointed more than 20 tallit bags, one diagonal, tied-down or...said Silver, who sells more than 100 tallit bag canvases a year, half of them her own designs. "Making the tallit bag for [my daughter] Jackie was a...
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Bringing family's heirloom tallit back to life
Newspaper article from: Cleveland Jewish News; 3/19/1999; 597 words
; ...19-1999 Bringing family's heirloom tallit back to life My family passed down an heirloom, a tallit, or prayer shawl, that belonged to my...18th century in Moledev, Russia. The tallit was stained, so before my brother was going...
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The fabric of my life: My unique tallit, a wonderful family heirloom.
Newspaper article from: Cleveland Jewish News; 12/20/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...end, some of the women chose to wear a tallit and some decided not to. I ultimately decided to wear a tallit -- one that was very personal and meaningful...and actually wrap it around me. This tallit would also leave a wonderful legacy of...
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our family; What we learn from a tallit; Agnon ceremony welcomes young students into the fold
Newspaper article from: Cleveland Jewish News; 12/2/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...opened the package in secret and found a tallit (prayer shawl) sent to him from a distant...in a neighboring house. In 1989, the tallit exited with his entire family as they...kindergarten class, Alisa brings the family's tallit. This "Welcoming Ceremony" marks the...
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Letters from Gelvan; Papers hidden in tallit bag unravel mystery about family's life in shtetl.
Newspaper article from: Cleveland Jewish News; 5/2/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...there was a mystery surrounding the green tallit (prayer shawl) bag her father kept out...possessions he brought with him was the tallit bag. Even at this point, he declined...his daughter's curiosity about the tallit bag became infused with a sense of urgency...
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A tallit in Havana
Magazine article from: Washington Jewish Week; 7/13/2006; ; 697 words
; ...give him. At our hotel, I went up to my room and gave him my tallit. I begged him to think of me as he prays to Hashem. He told...Afterward, one of my friends from our group asked me if the tallit had sentimental value for me. I replied, "Now it does...
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Indian commandos may have killed some Chabad hostages, ZAKA head tells 'Post'. Holtzberg apparently wrapped wife's body in tallit before his death
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 12/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Holtzberg apparently wrapped wife's body in tallit before his death Byline: YAAKOV LAPPIN...wrapped the body of his wife Rivka in a tallit before succumbing to his own wounds during...Holtzberg's body was found close to the tallit-wrapped body of his wife, Rivka, ZAKA...
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The tallit
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 9/26/2003; ; 600 words
; ...Jerusalem Post 09-26-2003 Headline: The tallit Byline: Allan Rabinowitz Edition; Up...covered the shul's children with my huge tallit when they were called up for a blessing. As we held the tallit above their heads I turned to my wife...
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Tallit-making.(SUNDAY, JAN. 28)
Newspaper article from: The Jewish Advocate (Boston, MA); 1/19/2007; 297 words
; WAKEFIELD -- Temple Emmanuel holds a make-your-own-tallit program with Rabbi Mark Newton at noon. Bring fabric. Lunch and fringe materials will be provided. Cost: $15. Register by Jan. 20. Information: (781) 245-1886.
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Covered With Meaning; The Prayer Shawl, or Tallit, Has Sheltered Jews for 2,000 Years; Now New Colors and Associations Are Woven Into the Ancient Ones
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/9/2000; ; 690 words
; ...up in our tallitot, we visualize the tallit as pure light. Hold it over your head...ritual item, the prayer shawl known as a tallit (tallitot in the plural form) that adult...off the mark. Many people may don the tallit as a dry obligation, their only mindfulness...
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tallit
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
tallit , in Judaism, four-cornered, fringed...phylacteries are not worn on this day). The tallit is usually made of white wool, cotton...37-41). To be distinguished from this tallit, known as the Tallit Gadol [large tallit...
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Tallit
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Tallit, tallit katan . Jewish prayer shawl. On the four corners of the tallit, zitzit (fringes) are attached. The tallit katan is a garment with fringes on the corners which is worn by strictly Orthodox Jews all day under their clothes.
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Habit, religious
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
...role, and therefore wears the same ‘religious habit’ in the synagogue as any other man in the assembly: tallit (prayer shawl with zitzit , tassels), tefillin (phylacteries), and kippah or yarmulke (skull-cap). Among Sikhs...
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Funeral rites
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
...x2014;hence the expression, ‘slept with his fathers’. Traditionally, men are buried wrapped in their tallit , and coffins were not used until the Middle Ages. Different communities observe different burial practices, but normally...
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Prayer shawl
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Prayer shawl (Jewish): see TALLIT .
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