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Other volunteer opportunities include involvement in a prayer shawl ministry, gardening, participating in music groups and assisting in offices.—Janice Phelan, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2025 It can be seen daily for those that pray on the tassels of a prayer shawl, or on a hamsa with an evil eye, for example.—Sophie Liza Cannon, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024 Jill channeled Hanukkah’s signature colors of blue and white, which also appear on the tallit — a Jewish prayer shawl — selecting a navy gown with bold shoulders and a jeweled neckline.—Hannah Malach, WWD, 18 Dec. 2024 Her treasures range from seventeenth-century Tibetan prayer shawls to fragments of Egyptian cotton dating possibly to the ninth century.—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for prayer shawl
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