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Tachrichim |
traditional, simple, white burial garments |
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mitznephet |
head covering |
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michnasayim |
pants |
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k'tonet |
shirt |
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kittel |
jacket |
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avnet |
belt |
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tallit |
prayer shawl |
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sovev |
sheet |
Tachrichim from Me'irah Iliinsky
Tachrichim, in Hebrew is tet-chaf-resh-yud-chaf. The root, chaf-resh-chaf, means to bind, enwrap, surround. Tachrich means a robe. In "late" bibilical Hebrew, kerech meant scroll. It appears in Esther 8:15:
"And Mordechai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a -wrap- of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad. The Jews had light and gladness, and joy and honor." (That last verse is one we recite in Havdallah every week.)
This is from the classic: Brown, Driver, Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon reprinted from 1909 (Coded with Strong's Concordance numbers 1999) (which erroneously said chapter 9, not 8.) The English translation of the verse is from The Jerusalem Bible, Koren Publishers.
The tet in front of the root is either a future, or a command form--"you will wrap."