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This Concept Map, created with IHMC CmapTools, has information related to: clothing01, a square garment with fringes on the corners why? according to the Torah, any 4 cornered garment may only be worn if it has fringes tied on the corners, but now orthodox rabbis insist the head is covered as well. headcovering for men yarmulkeh, its not the same for men and women for women seeing a naked woman is a serious sin for an orthodox man. Women in public are expected to be covered at all times., When fashions became more modern looking in the middle ages togas were no longer worn. An artificial garment was invented to be specially worn at prayers - the garment we now call the TALLIT ???? pious orthodox jews wear a mini-one under their shirts so they can fulfill the command to wear fringes on a four cornered garment., clothing ritual clothes kittel, In ancient times, clothes were extremely EXPENSIVE which explains the more relaxed rules about clothing in the MISHNAH because clothes were expensive people were not expected to work in their clothes if it wasn't in open public, the rules were different: The Mishnah says - a man working naked in the fields who wants to say the SHEMA must cover his genitals first., according to the Torah, any 4 cornered garment may only be worn if it has fringes tied on the corners what are these called? TZITZIT, When fashions became more modern looking in the middle ages togas were no longer worn. An artificial garment was invented to be specially worn at prayers - the garment we now call the TALLIT reform jews German reform rabbis abolished wearing both tallit and headcovering in synagogue, clothing kosher? Torah prohibits mixture of wool & linen in same garment, its not the same for men and women for men Modesty - TSINIUT men in actual fact in orthodoxy always are modest, covering their arms and legs at all times., its not the same for men and women for women married women must also cover their hair - a woman's hair "is sexual nakedness", kittel when worn? on rosh hashanah, The Mishnah says a man who goes naked in the marketplace is an uncouth man. BUT if it wasn't in open public, the rules were different: The Mishnah says - a man working naked in the fields who wants to say the SHEMA must cover his genitals first., Torah prohibits mixture of wool & linen in same garment why? non-orthodox: this is an ancient pagan practice, its origins are lost in the mists of time, In ancient times, many rabbis were strict and would only pray in an outer garment - called a TALLIT - equal to a suit jacket today. This was a toga-like thing, with 4 corners why the tallit then? When fashions became more modern looking in the middle ages togas were no longer worn. An artificial garment was invented to be specially worn at prayers - the garment we now call the TALLIT, kittel when worn? on yom kippur, non-orthodox: this is an ancient pagan practice, its origins are lost in the mists of time non-orthodox custom non-orthodox judaism rejects this law as illogical and of no practical use., clothing ritual clothes yarmulkeh, clothing ritual clothes tallit, its not the same for men and women for women In ancient times, clothes were extremely EXPENSIVE which explains the more relaxed rules about clothing in the MISHNAH