Many Christians like to pray with a Prayer Shawl over their heads.
There are those movements that are teaching false doctrine, like the Hebrew movement, who are teaching Christian they must keep the Law.
We are not under the Law=613 commandments or obligated to wear or pray with a shawl.
Romans 7:4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
Galatians 2:16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
Romans 3:28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
So you can use a prayer shawl as a Christian, but you are not required to wear one. Christians like to use these prayer shawls to pray to God in secret.
A tallit is a fringed garment, traditionally worn as a prayer shawl by religious Jews.
Numbers 15:37 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers 15:38 Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue:
The English word hem is a translation of a Greek word meaning a tassel of twisted wool. These tassels were attached to the corners of the prayer shawl. The word translated border or corner is a Hebrew word which can also be translated ‘’wings”
Numbers 15:39 And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them ; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:
The tallit has special twined and knotted fringes are known as tzitzit attached to its four corners.
Each of the fringes contains 8 threads and 5 knots, making a total of 613. Based on rabbinical Judaism, this number corresponds to the 613 commandments contained in the Torah.
So you can use a prayer shawl as a Christian, but you are not required to wear one.
Matthew 6:5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Matthew 6:6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
If you are wearing a prayer shawl or praying with one because you been told or believe it’s required, you are under the Law.
James 2:10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
Christians don’t have to use a prayer shawl to pray to God secretly. We are not bound by any rule or suggestion to wear a prayer shawl. This is a personal decision, not a requirement.
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