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zi·zith

 (tsē-tsēt′, tsĭt′sĭs)
pl.n. Judaism
Variant of tzitzit.
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zizith

(ˈtsɪtsɪs; tsiːˈtsiːt)
n
(Judaism) (functioning as singular or plural) Judaism a variant spelling of tsitsith
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zi•zith

tzi•tzith

(ˈtsɪt sɪs, tsiˈtsit)

n.pl. Judaism.
the fringes or tassels formerly worn on the outer garment and now worn at the four corners of the tallith.
[1670–80; < Hebrew ṣīṣīth]
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In another mystical tradition (Zohar a: 28b), it is written that these items of cloth were actually tefillin (and tzitzith, another ritualistic garment).
(35) See Tzitzith available at http://www.iewishencyclopedia.com/articles/6397-fringes.
Cohen sincerely incorporates the symbols of empire into his double identity; he "carved the ferocious lions guarding and upholding the Decalogue in front of the Ark of the Covenant in the Chevra Thillim, the martial Cohen who always bore on his person a Union Jack fringed with tzitzith and who threatened at the slightest provocation to fight the South African War over again." (33) Cohen the cabinet maker reconciles his adopted Canadian and imperial identity, represented by the lions and the Union Jack, with his Jewish faith, symbolized by the fringes on a Jewish prayer shawl (the tzitzith) and the orthodox synagogue (Chevra Thillim).