Gentiles wearing Tallit Gadol.

[Yisroelp]

Shabbat Shalom,
Maybe there should be rainbow coloured Tallis for gentiles to wear during prayers on Shabbos.

Good Shabbos.

Such taleisim already exist in America. See for example http://www.eichlers.com/garments/tallits-talleisim/talis-bnei-ohr-comes-with-bag-and-kipa.html

[martinbrody]

Do you mean the "Robe of light" or as a symbol of gay pride ?

Robe of Light? What's that? Sounds a bit too mystical. Nothing mystical about a talli. It's fringes are a visible reminder of Mitzvot.
We have a couple of Gay Synagogues in LA. I'll stroll over and check them out to see if there are any rainbow tallitot,
(There's no such thing as tallisim!), either side of the mechitzah. Oh wait a minute, Purim was last week!
Best,
Martin B

[Hart60]

Gay Synagogues ! really ? - I was going to buy a rainbow kippot as I thought it would be more suitable for a Bnei Noach until I read it was a symbol of gay pride, .

Robe of light here - http://www.tallit-shop.com/bnei-ohr-tallis-rainbow/

Can one buy prayer shawls without Tzitzit ?

[David_L]

You can buy a tallit without the tzitzit. For example: http://www.hasofer.com/page.pl?p=talisstandard (I haven't bought anything from this particular store, so I'm not necessarily recommending it.)

You may be able to find more favourable prices.

Why not ask a rabbi at your synagogue for advice? He could probably give you more accurate information in regard to local customs, which do vary from community to community.

[Hart60]

Thanks for the link David, I've PM'd you with details of the shul.

[Yisroelp]

Can one buy prayer shawls without Tzitzit ?

I have often bought a talit gadol [prayer shawl] or talit katan [the garment with tzitzit that one wears under one's shirt] plus a much better quality set of tzitzit than are tied onto the talit. I have then removed the tzitzit on the talit and tied the better quality ones on myself.

[rivka]

Do you mean the "Robe of light" or as a symbol of gay pride ?

The latter. There are already various groups that use a rainbow "tallis" for such a purpose. There are also "progressive" sects that use rainbow-colored talleisim.

[Hart60]

Do you mean the "Robe of light" or as a symbol of gay pride ?

The latter. There are already various groups that use a rainbow "tallis" for such a purpose. There are also "progressive" sects that use rainbow-colored talleisim.

Yes, I certainly wouldn't like to give that impression rivka.

[ess76]

A talleth is just a piece of cloth, nothing more, nothing less. It is equivalent to wearing a shirt. Wearing one without tsitsiyyoth serve no purpose whatsoever.

As for wearing one with tsitsiyyoth on the fringes, I see no reason why you should wear one, since you are not commanded in mitswoth. You are not commanded to wear tsitsiyyoth on your garments. Wearing a talleth is not about appearing more "religious" or "frum", it is to remember the commandments which God has given Israel, so that we do them. What would the benefit of wearing them be?

Best,
Elazar

[ess76]

I have heard that in Yemen they had multicolored tallethoth, not too long ago. About 150 years ago, someone brought over some tallethoth from Israel with black stripes, and the Jews in Yemen liked them, so they switched.