The tallit (prayer shawl), far more than a mere holder for ritual fringes, emerges as a profound instrument of divine connection in Jewish worship. Through comparative analysis of biblical narratives, midrashic literature, gnostic texts, and cross-cultural religious sources, the symbolic power of garments as identity markers spans from Joseph's legendary coat to the mystical Syriac Hymn of the Pearl. In ancient theological understanding, garments represented both the body-soul relationship and humanity's connection to the divine. When worshipers don the tallit, they perform an act of imitatio Dei, symbolically wrapping themselves in light as God does according to Psalms 104:2. This ritual functions simultaneously as daily soul restoration, sympathetic magic linking the worshiper to divine redemption, and metaphoric expression of the Jewish people's role as God's garment. The multilayered symbolism of the tallit ultimately enables worshipers to transcend ordinary existence and participate in divine creativity by identifying with God's primordial act of clothing Himself in light during creation.