Question: If I don’t think I always had 2 knots at the end of my tzitzis, did I do the mitzvah of tzitzis when wearing those pairs of tzitzis? Answer:… Read more »
Category: Tzitzit
Obligation to replace tzitzit on tallit katan
Question: I understand that the tallit katan is a piece of garment specifically made and designed to fulfill the mitzvah of wearing tzitzit. However, if the tzitzit are no longer… Read more »
Forgot to have kavanah on tzitzis and hefsek for shel Rosh
Question: If someone forgot to have in mind to be yotzeih his bracha for his tzitzis when he made his bracha on his talles, does he have to make a… Read more »
Why are tzitzis all the same in the 21st Century?
Question: In Germany in the 19th Century, there is the example of light blue silk tzitzis with gold embroidery (attached). This is one of the only surviving examples of the… Read more »
Tape used to tape tzitzit on side of garment
Question: Can a person use tape to keep the TZIZIT in its proper place so that it does not slide to the edge of the corner but properly stays in… Read more »
tzizit QUESTION #2
Question: If someone tried to make the tzizit not droop to the edge even while making it flush to the corner, but it droops any how. Is the person still… Read more »
Making a Bracha on a Talis Kattan
Question: When someone puts on a Talis Kattan do they make a Bracha, even though they will later put on a Tallis Gadol by davening. Do they need to have… Read more »
MAKING TZIZIT
Question: Im making myself a new pair of TZIZIT. I would like to make it LCHATCHILA BEZRAT HASHEM. When making the first knot , should it be made tight to… Read more »
Kissing the fingers and tzitzis while wearing a face mask
Question: At the minyan I daven at, face masks are required. With that in mind, during parts of davening like Ashrei and Shema, should one still kiss one’s fingers/tzitzis after… Read more »
Tzitzit of wool or cotton at night
Question: Shalom, Is there any opinion or halakha that says that night is better to wear a wool tzitzit at night? Answer: Essentially we are not commanded to wear tzitzit… Read more »
Regarding tzitzis, what is Menupatz Lishma and Avoda Yad
Question: What is the difference between MENUPETZ LISHMA THICK and AVODAS YAD THICK? Answer: In the process of making the tzitzis strings there are a number of stages. The first… Read more »
Making Bracha on talis katan
Question: If I won’t be wearing a talis godol, do I make a Bracha on my talis koton ? Do I need be choshesh for the general concerns of making… Read more »
bracha on tallis katan
Question: Hi. On Shabbos I put on my tzitzis when I wake up and then learn for an hour or more. Then I daven with a tallis. Should I say… Read more »
Wearing a tallis to and from shul on shabbat
Question: Why do some wear their tallis when walking to and from shul on shabbat? If spending shabbat in a community where people put their tallis on at shul and… Read more »
Coloring Tzitzit Blue
Question: If today we no longer have the techelet, which was used to paint one of the threads of Tzitzit, with the color techelet, Sky blue, Since nowadays we have… Read more »
How to wrap a tallis
Question: I have seen many (Ashkenazi) people put on tallis in a particular way: they bring the back half of the tallis to the front of their body and then… Read more »
Talis Gadol by Mincha
Question: Shalom, is there a halakha prohibiting the use of talis in Mincha prayer? Answer: It isn’t the minhag for the tzibbur to wear one, although in some places the… Read more »
Is wearing tzitzit necessary when working at cemetary?
Question: Shalom. I work at a cemetery, that’s why I always wear my tzitzit inside my pants. Besides, that my work involves a lot of sweating and I feel it… Read more »
How to put on a tallis
Question: I have seen many (Ashkenazi) men put on tallis in a particular way: they bring the back half of the tallis to the front of their body and then… Read more »
Tallis over coat
Question: Is there any reason to wear a tallis gadol over your outer coat? or is it fine if its under Answer: It is fine to wear your tallis gadol… Read more »
Torn Tzitzit- taaseh v’lo min ha’asui
Question: I have tzitzit strings on one corner only that have torn. Can I simply replace that corner and tie on new strings, or must I undo all the strings?… Read more »
B S D Minimum material for tallis gadol begged
Question: B S D Shalom Dinonline,, What are the minimum requirements for the main material in the begged of a tallis gadol (not asking about the corners, but rather the… Read more »
Tzitzit
Question: Can you wear a tzitzit on the shirtless body underneath? Answer: The reason why it is customary to wear an undershirt underneath the tzitzis is because ןf the tzitizis… Read more »
2 cm left of a tzitzis string left
Question: Shalom, I noticed that only 2 cm is left of one of my tzitzis strings. Is it still kosher for wearing? Answer: Since it is only one of the… Read more »
Tziztis and It’s Bracha
Question: When putting on a Tallis in Shul, Kaddish is sometimes said, and I didn’t quite wrap it fully over my head. When am I able to answer Amen Yehey Shmei… Read more »
Cutting TZIZIT from TALIS
Question: If someone has a talis with TZIZIT but is not sure if the TZIZIT were made LISHMA or properly by G_D FEARING JEWS or whatever one wants like puting… Read more »
Glue on end knot Tzitzit
Question: I found an (old) new talis that has glue at the end knots of the TZITit.(not string ends) The END KNOT HAS glue to keep knots from untieing. IS… Read more »
Do tzitzis need to have any white strings at all?
Question: There is a dispute among the Rishonim regarding the minimum number of strings on tzitzis that must be tekheles in order to fulfill the mitzvah (Tosafos says two, Ravaad… Read more »
Can you stop wearing Tallit Gadol
Question: If a Baal T’shuva was raised in Conservative Judaism where you are given and wear a tallit gadol on your bar mitzvah to daven with and has davened with… Read more »
Talis by mincha
Question: Why doesn’t the congregation where a talis by mincha? Answer: The idea of wearing a tallis by mincha is only brought regarding a chazan, for kavod hatzibur, but not… Read more »
What’s the deal with Cotton and Wool Tzitzis?
Question: What is the difference between wool and cotton Tzitzis? Do they have the same Chiyuv? Is there a Hiddur to wear wool? What if one gets hot easily? Thank… Read more »
Two knots of tzizit
Question: Hello thanks for looking at my question, I am concerned with the last knot on the zizit. does it matter how its knotted? It has to be double and… Read more »
Halachic question
Question: My question about tzizis was just answered, thank you for that. I just want to clarify that it’s fine with a picture. Is this still good? Shkoyach, thanks so… Read more »
Two corners of tzitzis lost a string each, are they still kosher?
Question: My tzizis have two corners that have lost a string, each one still has a very small part of it attached, are they still kosher? Answer: If the string… Read more »
Tallis Gadol
Question: Is it a sin for a single Ashkenazi (not a yekkie) male to wear a tallis gadol? Is one allowed to wear one? I’m confused. Thank you and Shabbat… Read more »
Tzitzis for children
Question: Do I need to make sure that my 4 year old’s tzitzis are actually kosher? Or are they too small to actually really be chayav in tzitzis hence I… Read more »
Tzitzis on a Tallis Torn on the Corner
Question: One of my Tzitzis strings tore at the point where it attaches to the corner. (I have attached a picture of the spot). Can I wear it in its… Read more »
Does a very wide scarf need tzitzis or a rounded corner?
Question: I am buying some fleece fabric to make long & wide scarves for the family. The bolt of fabric is 60 inches wide (152 cm). That would be the… Read more »
Bracha on Tzitzis
Question: The Zman for putting on the talis for ex. Is 6 am. Can you hold the talis over your head at 5:59:30 or before in anticipation of the 6:00… Read more »
After which word do you release the tzitziot when saying Sh’ma of Arvit on Yom Kippur
Question: My question is: After which word do you release the tzitziot when saying Sh’ma of Arvit on Yom Kippur? During Shacharit throughout the year, it says to kiss and… Read more »
Do the tzitzit string have to hang off the side of the cloth or the bottom?
Question: You know the strings that come out of the hole on the corner of the zizit? I learnt that it has to be coming out from the side and… Read more »
Tightness of First Tzitzis Knot
Question: I recently strung a tallis using some rather low-quality threads. After I was done, I noticed that for two of the double knots closest to the beged (which we… Read more »
The reason why not wearing “Techeles”
Question: Some people wear “Techeles” Tztitzis. I understand that we don’t know for sure whether it is THE RIGHT Techeles.. But maybe it is.. So why do we see Gedolei… Read more »
Using two hole Tallis koton
Question: Hi, I was at a sale of tallisim recently and the supply was low. I found begadim for a tallis koton, but they were the Chassidishe type (two holes… Read more »
A single wearing a Tallit
Question: Can an older Ashkanazi single male wear a tallit to shul, and can he cover his head with the tallit during Shomana Esrei and other times when married men… Read more »
Covering head with Tallis for Aliya
Question: Are there any sources which specifically say to cover your head with the Tallis while getting an Aliya? (Some Shuls have this as their minhag and insist that all… Read more »
Tzitzis tying at night
Question: Can I tie tzitzis onto a talis at night, since many hold that there is no chiyuv tzitzis at night, do we need to tie them at a time… Read more »
Cutting tzitzis
Question: Can I cut my tzitzis as the strings are very very long as long as I keep them to the required length? Answer: We are allowed to cut the… Read more »
Is not wearing tzitzis out a bizayon to the mitzva?
Question: When Mishna Berura (siman 8) says that those who tuck their tzitzis in their pants are being “mevazeh” the miztva, what does he mean? Please explain Mishna Berura’s intention…. Read more »
Tzitzit
Question: I have a large/wide Arba Kanfot. Is it permissible to fold over and sew the sides over to become smaller/narrower? If so, can a non-Jew do the sewing? Thank… Read more »