Is the Mitzva of Tzitzit an obligation on the clothing or on the person?
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Person. You don't need to have tzitzit on a tallit that you keep in a drawer.
Source: Talmud Menachot 41. See also Rambam Hil. Tzitzit 3:10-11, Shulchan Aruch OC 19:1
answered Jan 8, 2012 at 4:15
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1Not only that, but you don't even technically have a chiyuv to purchase a four-cornered garment in order to put tzitzis on it (Rema, Orach Chaim 17:2), though Hashem deals strictly with one who uses that loophole, as the Gemara there says.– AlexJan 8, 2012 at 4:18
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Are you implying that if a person wears 10 pairs of Sisit he is only being mekayem on mitzva? Jan 8, 2012 at 4:34
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@HachamGabriel Why can't I be obligated in the same mitzva multiple times? Consider mezuzah...– Double AA ♦Jan 8, 2012 at 4:51
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@DoubleAA I'm not arguing, I'm asking if each one is separate sechar/mitzva. I'm not in such a lumdisheh mood right now :) Jan 8, 2012 at 4:55
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1@HachamGabriel Do people buy houses with the most number of archways/doorways they can find? Most number of accessible roof levels?– aviJan 8, 2012 at 18:40