see also the tag techeles
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Why do we kiss the tzitzit after baruch sheamar? [closed]
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Boruch Sheomar - kissing the Tzitzis
Why do we kiss the tzitzit after baruch sheamar? The only connection I can think of is that Hashem created the world for us to ...
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Brachot on Tzitzit
As a continuation of this question (Tallit Katan and Tallit Brachot):
My understanding is that when one takes off a Tallit Katan and then puts it back on, the bracha is not said again. What is the ...
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Do tzitzit have to be white?
Based on this answer do tzitzit have to be white?
Where is the source that they should be?
I know that they are supposed to have at least one blue (techelet) string, but even that is disputed ...
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TzitTzit tangles
We know the knots are the most important part of the TzitTzit. No matter which method you use to tie them:
How tangled is too tangled for the strings of the TzitTzit?
What is the definition of ...
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Fake Techelet: invalidating the entire Tzitzit?
Let's say I use the pretty much disproven Techelet (Radzyner) : is my Tzitzit completely Pasul? I think according to the Arizal it isn't. Does anyone disagree?
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Tying two Tzitziot together
I think I read somewhere that the Mishna Berura permits this following idea. Taking two different strings (e.g. extra short ones) and tying them together to make one big string to be used for making ...
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Tcheiles on Shabbos
In the response to List of Techelet Wearers it mentions a few Gedolim that wear Tzitzis of Techeiles on Shabbos only. Why would there be a difference between Shabbos and the rest of the week?
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Mahloket Rishonim on Techelet and no Shulhan Aruch or Bet Yosef
Mahloket Rishonim how many strings should be used in the Techelet.
One string (Raavad)
Two strings (Rashi, Tosafot, Rosh and Tur)
Half string (Rambam)
In a case of an argument like this who would ...
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Rif, Rosh, and Rambam about the Techelet
The Petil Techelet company (I believe) makes three types of colored strings:
Raavad- 1 full string of blue
Tosafot- 2 full strings of blue
Rambam- 1/2 string of blue
Does the Rif or Rosh mention ...
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Rambam Tzitzith: 7 or 13 chulyoth?
The Gemara says you have to tie no fewer than 7 chulyos and no more than 13. According to most shitas, 13 is the ideal. My question is, according to the Rambam, can you do whatever you want - 7 or 13? ...
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Is the Mitzva of Tzitzit on the Gevra or the Cheftza?
Is the Mitzva of Tzitzit an obligation on the clothing or on the person?
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HaGaon HaRav Asher Weiss Shelita and Techelet
Does anyone know if HaRav HaGaon Asher Weiss wears Techelet?
Also, why or why not?
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List of Techelet Wearers
I was looking online for a list of people famous for deciding or influencing halacha, who currently wear Ptil Techelet Techelet.
However I could not find one.
Does such a list exist? If not, could ...
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Sefardic contemporaries for Techelet?
Are there any Sefardic Poskim today that have written a book and discuss the Techelet? If so, can you bring one that is FOR the Techelet?
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Tallit Katan and Tallit brachot
Why is that when you wake up you put on a Tallit Katan and then you go to shul and put on a Tallit Gadol? How is it that you can say two different brachot? If it is in fact, that each peice of ...
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Compelling arguments to support Techelet
I know a lot of arguments against the wearing Techelet from my research etc. and I would to now hear some arguments for the Techelet. Does anyone have any arguments that support the Techelet?
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Little knots of wool on the bottom/side of the Tzitzit
On most Tallitot and Sephardi Tallitot Ketanot there are little knots on the bottom or side. What are they? Why are they there? What are their significance?
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Why do people feel that there is a NEED to wear tzitzit?
There is a law in the torah (and the meforshiim afterwards) to attach tzitzit to all four cornered garments that you will wear.
Ok. I understand that.
But where did it come to pass that some people ...
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Tzitzit tying: the real way
1)There are two authentic ways to tie the Sisit (Tzitzis) that have sources. Maran writes to make 7-9-11-13. First question: why does he write this is he then says Gimtarya Hashem is One, when in fact ...
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Dangling tzitzit
Do tzitzit need to dangle? Can one use some velcro to pin the strings down along the side of the beged so that they don't dangle down and get in the way of things?
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Connecting sides of tallit to avoid chiyuv tzitzit
If I have a coat that is slit up the side rov of the way up so that it is chayav in tzitzit, if I sew on some buttons (snap? regular?) to keep it closed below rov, is it no longer chayav in tzitzit, ...
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How do we wear the Talis Godol immediately after making the brocho?
How do we wear the Talis Godol immediately after making the brocho?
1) There seems to be one method practised by those following German minhogim. Can someone give a source for it please? Is this ...
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Do married men stop saying a bracha on their *tallit katan*?
This question concerns the Ashkenazic practice.
I was always told that the tallit katan (worn under clothing, every day, starting in preschool years) got the bracha of al mitzvat tzitzit, but the ...
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Cutting tzitzis strings
I'm pretty sure I once saw the Mishna Brura talk about how it's best not to cut tzitzis with metal and that there's a custom to cut tzitzis strings with your teeth. But now, although I keep searching ...
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Why do tzitzit have fabric-squares on the corners of the garment?
Pretty much across the board, beged gadol and katan have fabric squares sewn on the corners.
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Where can I get dark blue Techelet for my tzizit and talit?
I want to buy some techelet and white tzizit. I want the techelet to match the color in this picture and to be made by Ptil Tekhelet foundation. However, when I try to contact them on their website I ...
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Kissing Tzitzis during Shema
There are those that kiss their Tzitzis during Shema at Shacharis as per Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 17:7 and the Kaf HaChaim 18 and there are those that do not. What is the source and reason for those that ...
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For a man, does any four-cornered garment require tzitzit?
As far as hilchot tzitzit are concerned, are there many instances where a Jewish man would be required to affix tzitzit to a garment other than a tallit katan or gadol? A few "for-instances" would ...
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Do you attach tzitzit on a borrowed garment? If so, do you later remove them?
I have a poncho that is a four-cornered outer garment with a neck hole. I'm a woman so I've never had to worry about tzitzit. The garment is unisex, not specifically feminine. If a man were to ...
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Talis Gadol for Unmarried Individuals
In my minhag (and I believe it's minhag Ashkenaz), unmarried individuals do not wear a Talis Gadol (only a Talis Katan).
Why is this so?
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Will I ever actually make “al mitzvat tzitzit” on a daily basis if I don a tallit gadol?
I wear a tallit katan at almost all times and I do, in fact, sleep in it. I spoke to a rabbi about whether I would actually ever make "al mitzvat tzitzit" and it seemed that the answer was no. Kitzur ...
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Why is techeles not universally accepted?
The Machon Ptil Tekhelet has (to my mind) some pretty compelling arguments as to why the Murex Trunculus is very likely the genuine chilazon from which techeles (blue dye) for the mitzva of tzitzis is ...
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Lashonos Hatzemer
I know what hand-spun is and what niputz lishmah is, but what about "lashonos hatzemer?" It seems the Eidoh Chareidis of Jerusalem adheres to this chumroh for tzitzis. All I know is that it's a stage ...
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Boruch Sheomar - kissing the Tzitzis
The Mishna Berura Siman 51 :1 says that you should kiss the 2 front Tzitzis when you finish saying Boruch Sheomar.
http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14170&st=&pgnum=155
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Rav Yaakov Moshe Hillel and wearing tzitzios out
Does someone know anything about Rav Yaakov Moshe Hillel shlita hamekubal stating that tzitzios should be worn out ? I read it once but without any sources on a web forum.
It would be quite surprising ...
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Why do some pairs of Tzitzit have one hole on each corner and some have two?
There are Tzitzis that have one hole and some have two. What is the significance and why and who have the custom to have one and who has the custom to have two?
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Tzitzis and Sports [closed]
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Tzitzis while exercising?
Should one take them off during sports? I've heard lots about this (both ways), but I want to know what Halacha says.
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tzitzis touching the body
i sleep with my tzitzis on. what part of the body are they not allowed to touch?
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Garments that unintentionally require tzitzit
Have you ever encountered in the wild (i.e. owned, considered purchasing in a store, seen worn by an observant Jewish man) a garment that requires tzitzit but that was not made for them (i.e. not a ...
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According to the Rambam, what color would most of the tzitzis strings be if the garment was all techeilet?
The majority opinion is that, when we had the tradition on techeilet (the wool-dyed-blue string on tzitzis), each corner of the garment would have 7 white strings and one techeilet string.
If I've ...
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Tefillin or Tzitzis
If one has enough money to buy Tzitzis or Tefillin and not both, which one should he buy? I heard Rabbi Akiva Aiger talks about it.
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Why is one permitted to ignore the prohibition of shatnez when it comes to tzitzis?
Why is shatnez (a garment made of a mixture of wool and linen, which is forbidden) muter (permissible) by tzitzis?
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Is there a minimum size that a Talis Kattan has to be?
Is there a minimum size that a Tallis Kattan has to be in order to be Yotzei the Mitzva of Tzitzis according to all Poskim? If there is a minimum size, what is it?
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White (Lavan) & Blue (Tcheiles) - blue Tzitzis
There are some people that wear Tcheiles - blue Tzitzis. What is the reason that the majority of Klal Yisroel still does not wear it if the Tcheilas has been rediscovered?
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Rav Scheinberg and Tzitzis (series of questions)
I have heard that Rav Scheinberg wears many garments with ציציות on them at a time. . .
Is this true?
If so, why does he do it?
If not, why do other people do it?
How many ברכות do they make when ...
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Synthetic Mesh Tztzis
Are mesh Tztzis allowed and can you make a Bracha on them, also are the ones made of Plastic allowed and can you make a Bracha on them and then combined meaning Synthetic mesh Tztzis are they allowed ...
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Minor tying tzitzis
Some poskim say that a minor may tie tzitzis even for an adult (see Artzos HaChayim cited by Mishnah Berurah 14:4), as long as he is being supervised by an adult (gadol omed al gabav). Does this mean ...
