Very Old Hand-Made Bag For Jewish Tallit for Praying Ceremonies. A tallit is a fringed garment worn as a prayer shawl by religious Jews. The tallit has special twined and knotted fringes known as tzitzit attached to its four corners. The cloth part is known as the "beged" (lit. garment) and is usually made from wool or cotton, although silk is sometimes used for a tallit gadol. This is a typical tallit bag. Frequently the owner will add additional embroidery with their name or Jewish motifs. Tallit is not present.