(GOD'S holy name)
the LORD
NUMERIC VALUES OF THE HEBREW LETTERS
ASSOCIATED WITH A TASSEL
TASSEL
Knots Windings
Tz I Tz I T
A Do Na I
7
8
11
13
1
2
3
4
5
5 + 65 + 10
11 15
400+10+90+10+90
600 15
+ 5Knots
+ 8Cords ONE
E Cha D
4 + 8 + 1
13
Cords
(^12)
34 5 6 7
8
39
613
Commandments (Laws)
Num 15:37- 41
Deut 30:1- 14
Ps 15
Matt 5:18
John 13:34
The LORD (is) one
Deut 6:4 Mark 12:29
Deut 25:2- 3
39 Stripes
Is 53:5
John 10:30
1 Pet 2:24
2 Cor 11:24
Blue Matt 27:26
Reminder of
punishment
for sin
A Jewish biologist discovered the blue dye in a shellfish in the Mediterranean Sea in 1984. (If you study the
Prophetic Psalms, you will find that the Tabernacle is blessed in Psalm 84 which plays off in 1984. The
Hebrew for Tabernacle, ―Mishkan‖, is used in the plural sense. This refers to all the divisions in the Temple /
Tabernacle where YHWH was worshipped. For the first time since A.D. 70, the Jews can dye their tallits blue
again—a miracle in itself. This is part of YHWH's divine plan to rebuild their Temple very soon, as they will
need the blue dye for the Temple priestly garments). The blue resembles the sea, and the sea resembles the
heavens, and the heavens resemble the Throne of Glory.
Being covered in the prayer shawl is like being enveloped in the Shechina, (the Divine Presence) and affords
you that special place in which to be alone with YHWH. The Blessing: (said while wrapping oneself in the
Tallit).
―Blessed Art Thou Lord, God, King of the Universe, Who has made us Holy with His commandments and
Who Has Commanded us to wrap ourselves in the fringes‖.
The four corner fringes of the tallit are also longer than the rest and represent the four names of YHWH as
seen in Revelation chapter 19:
Verse 12: ―he had a name written, that no man knew‖ – the Covenant name of Y‘shua (Rev 2:17)
Verse 13: ―The Word of God‖ – John was the only New Covenant writer that called Y‘shua the "Word of God"
(John 1:1, 14).
Verse 16: ―KING OF KINGS, and LORD OF LORDS‖
Tallit‟s custom when praying for the sick
It was also the biblical custom to throw the tallit over a sick person when praying for that person. The
Christian has missed the point. If you study the Book of Acts 19:12, it says you must throw an anointed
―handkerchief‖ over a sick person when you pray for that person. When a person died, it was not kosher to
touch the dead body; and when they tried to raise the person from the dead, the tallit was thrown over the
dead body and the four long fringes were wrapped around the hands. The person would then lie on top of
the body with the tallit between him and the dead body, which acts as insulation if I may use the word—and
breathe life into the dead body's mouth.