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During the morning prayers, it is customary to don the tallit gadol (“big tallit”)—a prayer shawl.1 Wearing a tallit is the ideal way to observe the Biblical Mitzvah of attaching fringes to the corners of one's garments, for only in a tallit gadol is the individual enwrapped in the garment.
Even one who does not wear tzitzit throughout the entire day should wear a tallit during prayers
In most Ashkenazi communities, men begin to wear the tallit only after marriage. Once one begins to wear a tallit during prayer, one doesn’t stop doing so even if the person becomes (G-d forbid) widowed or divorced. According to Sephardic tradition, boys begin wearing a tallit at the age of Bar Mitzvah or even earlier.
[Ed. note: Also read about "Who wears a tallit during prayers?"]
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