Statement

At the same time they marked their identity: they might avoid mixing linen and wool, following biblical law, and some men added fringes (tzitzit) to their mantles. The fringed mantle, the tallit, is today part of the dress of observant Jews.

References

1. p. 122

   supports · main text · ch. 5

   Efron, Lehmann and Weitzman. The Jews: A History. 3rd edition. New York and Abingdon: Routledge, 2019.

   Section: Jewish Life in a Christianized Roman Context

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