| The Tallit is put on before the commencement of | | | | up to the same side of the chest. The final stance |
| the morning prayers. It is only after the Prayer Shawl | | | | should see all tzitzit (4) lie on the left. Two must be |
| has been donned that the person can wear the | | | | at the front and the remaining two behind. Should a |
| tefillin. Mitzvah of the tzitzit can only be ideally done | | | | person find the need to remove the Tallit for a brief |
| after the individual is fully draped in this fringed | | | | period of time, say to visit the restroom, and he or |
| garment. This is in turn only achieved after the | | | | she intends to wear that same prayer shawl |
| donning of the prayer shawl. Before the Tallit can be | | | | thereafter, there is no need to say the blessing once |
| worn, the individual has to recite a special blessing. | | | | again when re-wearing the prayer shawl. If the |
| Prior to donning the Tallit, one should have made a | | | | person did not intend to re-don the Tallit and finds |
| thorough inspection of the tzitzit strings to ensure | | | | the need to do so then it is mandatory that the |
| that none of these are torn. This is in fact the | | | | blessing be repeated. |
| practice that is followed day after day and the | | | | Sometimes the Tallit may inadvertently slip off. In this |
| significance of doing so is to have the prayer shawl | | | | instance, wearing the prayer shawl must be preceded |
| always maintained in a condition of kosher. In the | | | | by the blessing. The only exception is if some part of |
| course of the examination, any entangles fringes are | | | | the prayer shawl managed to stay on the body. |
| disentangled. It is necessary to have these fringes in | | | | Hands are not considered body here. If the slip |
| a singular orientation as each of these depicts a | | | | occurs during prayer, the person can wear the Tallit |
| unique mitzvah. | | | | without saying the blessing so as not to interrupt |
| The donning of the Tallit is broken down into four | | | | proceedings. After prayers are over the person must |
| stages. In the first stage, the individual, who has to | | | | find a place and say the blessing while holding the |
| be in a standing position, has the folded prayer shawl | | | | prayer shawl’s fringes. This is the same case |
| over his/her right shoulder. This is the position in | | | | should it happen that one donned the Tallit without |
| which the tzitzit are examined. Secondly, the person | | | | having his/her hands in the morning. |
| unfolds the Tallit. It is opened wide and the person | | | | Aspects of size are also very important when it |
| proceeds to kiss the upper edge of the prayer shawl. | | | | comes to wearing the Tallit. The law that governs |
| After this, it is swung such that it changes position | | | | this statute dictates that the least size of prayer |
| from your front to hanging on your back. It is at this | | | | shawl should be able to cloth a child who is of the |
| point that one begins to recite the blessings. On | | | | age of standing and walking. There exist charts that |
| completing the blessings, one proceeds to grasp the | | | | help to determine the appropriate size of Tallit |
| prayer shawl’s 2 right corners and this is | | | | according to the height of the individual. These charts |
| followed by raising them up. Finally, these corners are | | | | are separate for the case of modern Tallits and |
| placed on the other shoulder (the left) and brought | | | | traditional Tallis. |