How does one put on a tallit?
Holding it in front of you by the ends of the atarah (the strip of fabric that rests at the neck), you pronounce the blessing (found at the very beginning of every morning service). If your tallit has the blessing embroidered on the atarah, you can read it from there. Many people then kiss both ends of the atarah before they bring the tallit around their shoulders. We rest the tallit on our head, actually wrapping our head in it completely for a moment or two, then we bring it down to our shoulders. Depending on the size of tallit you ve chosen and your own preference, you may wrap yourself in it like a shawl, wear it like a scarf around your neck or hike each end up over your shoulders.
