5/24/2023 0 Comments Shroud by Marisa MohdiAn especially pious Jewish man may next be enwrapped in either his kittel or his tallit, one tassel of which is defaced to render the garment ritually unfit, symbolizing the fact that the decedent is free from the stringent requirements of the 613 mitzvot (commandments). Intermixture of two or more such fibres is forbidden, a proscription that ultimately derives from the Torah, viz., Deut. Traditionally, mound shrouds are made of white cotton, wool or linen, though any material can be used so long as it is made of natural fibre. The term is most often used in reference to burial sheets, mound shroud, grave clothes, winding-cloths or winding-sheets, such as the famous Shroud of Turin, tachrichim (burial shrouds) that Jews are dressed in for burial, or the white cotton kaffan sheets Muslims are wrapped in for burial.Ī traditional Orthodox Jewish shroud consists of a tunic a hood pants that are extra-long and sewn shut at the bottom, so that separate foot coverings are not required and a belt, which is tied in a knot shaped like the Hebrew letter shin, mnemonic of one of God's names, Shaddai. Shroud usually refers to an item, such as a cloth, that covers or protects some other object. Detail showing body in a burial shroud, grave of William Carstares, Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh (1720)
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