{"id":17614,"date":"2026-04-05T17:57:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T14:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ish-tsadik.org.il\/?post_type=faq&#038;p=17614"},"modified":"2026-04-05T17:57:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T14:57:55","slug":"wearing-the-tallit-over-the-head-during-prayer","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/www.ish-tsadik.org.il\/en\/faq\/wearing-the-tallit-over-the-head-during-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"Wearing the Tallit Over the Head During Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The act of wrapping oneself in the <b data-path-to-node=\"14\" data-index-in-node=\"43\">Tallit<\/b> is an obligation. The <i data-path-to-node=\"14\" data-index-in-node=\"72\">Torah Lishmah<\/i> (Siman 124) wrote that the <b data-path-to-node=\"14\" data-index-in-node=\"113\">Tallit<\/b> should remain on until after <i data-path-to-node=\"14\" data-index-in-node=\"149\">Aleinu Leshabeach<\/i>, as this serves to remember the &#8220;Encompassing Light&#8221; (<i data-path-to-node=\"14\" data-index-in-node=\"221\">Or Makif<\/i>) that descends from all the upper worlds down to the World of Action (<i data-path-to-node=\"14\" data-index-in-node=\"300\">Asiya<\/i>) through the <b data-path-to-node=\"14\" data-index-in-node=\"319\">Tallit<\/b>. The <b data-path-to-node=\"14\" data-index-in-node=\"331\">Bach<\/b> (Siman 8) wrote that the <b data-path-to-node=\"14\" data-index-in-node=\"361\">Tallit<\/b> must be over the head from the beginning of prayer until the end, as this humbles a person&#8217;s heart and brings one to the fear of Heaven. Righteous individuals (<i data-path-to-node=\"14\" data-index-in-node=\"528\">Tzadikim<\/i>) were meticulous to recite even the Morning Blessings (<i data-path-to-node=\"14\" data-index-in-node=\"592\">Birchot HaShachar<\/i>) while wearing <b data-path-to-node=\"14\" data-index-in-node=\"625\">Tallit<\/b> and Tefillin (as noted in <i data-path-to-node=\"14\" data-index-in-node=\"658\">Menorat HaZahav<\/i> from <b data-path-to-node=\"14\" data-index-in-node=\"679\">Rabbi Zusha<\/b>). The <b data-path-to-node=\"14\" data-index-in-node=\"697\">Radbaz<\/b> (Vol. 2, Siman 342) defined this as &#8220;the custom of our forefathers.&#8221; The <i data-path-to-node=\"14\" data-index-in-node=\"777\">Magen Giborim<\/i> (Siman 91) wrote that even when it is hot, one should not remove the <b data-path-to-node=\"14\" data-index-in-node=\"860\">Tallit<\/b> from the head. The <i data-path-to-node=\"14\" data-index-in-node=\"886\">Eliyah Rabbah<\/i> wrote that one who removes the <b data-path-to-node=\"14\" data-index-in-node=\"931\">Tallit<\/b> from the head is considered as if they have &#8220;cast Me [<b data-path-to-node=\"14\" data-index-in-node=\"992\">Hashem (God)<\/b>] behind your back.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-17614","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Wearing the Tallit Over the Head During Prayer - Ish Tsadik<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ish-tsadik.org.il\/en\/faq\/wearing-the-tallit-over-the-head-during-prayer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wearing the Tallit Over the Head During Prayer - Ish Tsadik\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The act of wrapping oneself in the Tallit is an obligation. 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