The Spiritual Significance of Tallit for Women After the majority of Jewish people were exiled from Israel, most of their fashion and style of dress were influenced by their gentile neighbors as well as families. Therefore, the Tallit for women or men became a garment worn for the purpose of prayer in lieu of a garment worn on a daily basis. As a matter of face, in terms of the traditional dressing, this type of assimilation has not entirely overtaken the Jewish community as a whole. These days, one of the most important things that distinguishes is moderate, yet traditional and party religious kind of dress code or manner of shawl.