Are machine-spun strings kosher?


We recently received the following inquiry, apparently from someone debating between hand-spun tzitzit strings and machine-spun. Are the machine spun tzitzit strings kosher? Machine-spun tzitzit definitely meet basic standards of kashrus and have rabbinical supervision. If you want a more in depth answer, in a word, if you hold that machine-made matzah is kosher for the night...

Does a scarf require tzitzit?


I don't know whether you've been following the weather in Israel. It's been rainy. Really rainy. My wife told a friend she doesn't remember when it's rained so much. Her observation was accurate, because according the the meteorological service, the last time Israel got this much rain was in 1969, which was a few...

No tzitzit in Jordan


Jewish tourists in Jordan have often been instructed by Jordanian security personnel to hide any outward signs of their Jewishness, ostensibly for security reasons. This week a large delegation of Jews traveling to Jordan, including local government officials, were compelled to cover their kippah and remove their tzitzit. A large group of Israeli deputy mayors...