[…] the congregants struggle to touch their lips to some part of my new blue Ohrbach’s suit, while the old men press forward to touch their tallises to my sparkling London Character shoes. 1969, Philip Roth, “The Most Prevalent Form of Degradation in Erotic Life”, in Portnoy’s Complaint, New York: Vintage, published 1994, page 202:
“The twins hid their bodies under their father's tallis, like ghosts.” 2002, Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything Is Illuminated, page 13: