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When to say the Bracha on Tallit Katan
I was recently wondering if I am saying the bracha on my tallit katan at the right time (I'm not married and don't wear a tallit gadol). When should the bracha on the tallit katan be said? Before it ...
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Does a cotton blanket for daytime use need tzitzis?
Regarding blankets, standard practice is that we don't attach tzitzis and we don't round off any corners.
Reddit user ShamanSTK asks:
I have a blanket on the couch with four corners which is ...
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Decorated Tallis gadol [duplicate]
It is quite common to see people with colorfully decorated tallises in non-Orthodox (especially Conservative) shuls, but much less common to see the same thing in Orthodox shuls. Is there any halachic ...
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Can I tuck tzitzit into the fabric square corners?
These are Neatzit,
a tzitzit undershirt. In dealing with a child who fidgets and therefore picks at the tzitzit, such that at the end of the day, they are entirely undone, can I tuck the tzitzit ...
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How sharp a corner for Tzitzit?
A piece of clothing requires Tzitzit to be placed on it if it has four corners. The Sifrei (234) states:
כסותך, פרט לטגא ולתובלא ולתיבלטירים לתקרקים לבורסים לבורדסים לפי שאינם מרובעים:
"Thy ...
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Wearing wool Tzitzis on Shabbos
Is it better to wear wool tzitzis? indicates that it is better Halachically to wear a woolen Beged with woolen Tzitzis. Recently I met a fellow who the entire week wears cotton Tzitzis, yet on Shabbos ...
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Torn Tallis Gadol
See the picture below.
The light blue represents the entire tallis gadol. The dark blue is where the corners are. Next to the bottom left corner there is a piece of the tallis gadol (represented by ...
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Contradiction in the Shulchan Aruch Harav
It says in the Shulchan Aruch Harav in sif 5 and 6 that there are two opinions as to what garments are obligated in tzitzis:
Since the blessing says "Lehisateif BaTzitzis", only garments which can ...
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How does one dispose of Tzitzis?
I was always told that if a single string falls off your Tzitzis you should put it in a Sefer so that it will end up in Shamis. My question is: Does anyone know a source for this?
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If a person voids a purchase/sale, what happens to the Bracha?
You buy a new Talis and after you wear it you notice a defect. You want to return it to the store for a refund or replacement. However a person is only obligated in Tzitzis if he owns or borrows the ...
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Following minhag of tzitzit in vs. out [closed]
When I became frum (around 2 years ago) I started wearing tzitzit hanging out. My grandfather just told me that he remembers that when he was a kid, he tucked his tzitzit in. He remembers his father ...
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Kissing tzitzit for full shma during “leolam yehey”
If one begins shacharit near sof zman kriat shema and is concerned that he not be able to say shema before sof zman kriat shema, he is supposed to say "full shema" during leolam yehey in the begining ...
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Talit Gadol vs Talit katan
What is the halachik difference between a talit gadol and a talit katan?
If the talit gadol is somehow better, why don't we only wear that?
If they are equal, why do we need a talit gadol at all?
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What to do with old ציצית
What do you do with old ציצית that do not fit anymore? Can you cut off the corners and throw the rest out respectfully?
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Origin of two customs on wearing the Talis 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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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.
Why do tzitzit have fabric-squares on the corners of the garment?
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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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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
1 - Why do we ...
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Tzitzis and Sports [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
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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I sleep with tzitzis on. Is there any part of the body they shouldn't touch?
I sleep with my tzitzis on. Is there any part of the body the tzitzis should not touch?
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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 Tallis 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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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 ...
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Pool and Tzitzis
Do I need to make another Bracha on putting on tzitzis after I get out of the pool?
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Tzitzis while exercising?
Does one need to wear tzitzis while exercising? Isn't it disrespectful to the tzitzis to make them all sweaty?
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Is it better to wear wool tzitzis?
Is it better halachikally (according to jewish law) to have the beged (garment) of your tzitzis to be made from wool as opposed to cotton? Is it a chumrah?
