Yeshivish glossary term
arba kanfos
ארבע כנפות
Meaning
- four-cornered garment
- tallis katan, in common usage
Alternate spellings
arba kanfot, arba kanfes
Usage and context
Literally four corners; often another name for the small tzitzis garment.
- Category
- tzitzis and tallis
- Language origin
- Hebrew
Example in Yeshivish
The child started wearing arba kanfos.
Plain-English example
The child started wearing a four-cornered tzitzis garment.