Covering the Head with a Tallit
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Question
Hello!! I am an Ashkenazi young man who wraps himself with a tallit every morning during Shacharit, and the tallit, hat, and tefillin are very bothersome. The question is whether I am allowed to wear only the tallit and during the Amidah place the tallit on my head, as it helps me concentrate in prayer (am I allowed to do like the Sephardim)? Thank you in advance
Answer
Hello
The custom among Ashkenazim is that before marriage, one does not place the tallit on the head during prayer.
Source
Mishnah Berurah, Siman 8, S"K 4
It is implied in the Gemara that a young man did not cover his head with a tallit even if he was a Torah scholar:
And its source is in Magen Avraham there.
And in Tashbetz, he brought a hint from the verse: "You shall make yourself tassels" and adjacent to it "When a man takes a wife" (Deuteronomy 22:12-13).