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Tzitzit

The term "tzitzit" can be a bit confusing, because sometimes the speaker may be referring to the tzitzit strings on a tallit, whereas is can also be used as a reference to a tallit katan garment worn to carry out the mitzvah of tzitzit all day. Therefore, although today tzitzit strings are always made...

Tallit Prayer

What is the tallit prayer? I get asked this question frequently. First of all, it's actually not a tallit prayer, but the tallit blessing recited before donning the tallit. And the blessing does not include the word "tallit" at all, but instead focuses on the tzitzits, because the mitzvah is to wear tzitzit, with the...

Tefillin on a fading number

I am not 100% supportive of Chabad tefillin-wrapping "mitvto'im," but a post by a Chabad activist who tried to encourage an elderly Holocaust survivor to wrap tefillin really moved me. The Lubavitcher proffers a set of tefillin to an old man at the Western Wall, asking him when was the last time he laid tefillin. "He...

Ptil Tekhelet

The Ptil Tekhelet Association was founded some 30 years ago. To make their first batch of ten they spent a year hard at work. Today well over 100,000 people around the world put Ptil Tekhelet on their tallit or tallit katan. View Techelet Tallit selection>>> Tallit Katan with techelet tzitzit>>> Buy Ptil Tekhelet tzitzit strings>>> According to Baruch...

Tekhelet and the Holy Temple

I just came across a very worthwhile article on tekhelet. It's a bit old, but not dated. I happen to know both David Horovitz, the editor of the paper, and the writer of the piece, Rabbi Mois Navon, who I consult via email periodically. The article actually discusses the Temple as much as tekhelet...

Linen Tallit and Tzitzit

Today, almost every traditional tallit is made of wool, although you can also find inexpensive tallits made of acrylic or other synthetic materials or occasional a wool/acrylic blend, such as the Hadar Tallit made by Talitania. In the realm of modern tallits, especially handmade, some are also made of silk or cotton. But there...