Comments on: The tallet worn by Sephardic Jews of London

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 29 Jun 2018 09:28:40 +0000

In reply to Rigoberto E. Viñas. Any size 36. You might want to refer to this newer post on an S&P talet we recently started offering our customers.

By: Rigoberto E. Viñas

Rigoberto E. Viñas — Mon, 12 Sep 2016 15:28:00 +0000

So which talet do you recommend so that it can be worn in this style?

By: Noah

Noah — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 13:31:00 +0000

In reply to BensTallitShop. Were you able to figure something out? I have seen one place which claims to sell linen tzitziot, however as far as I'm aware, it is not ideal to use linen and they don't have a hashgacha on their strings.

By: BensTallitShop

BensTallitShop — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 11:14:00 +0000

In reply to Noah. I once got a call from someone who wanted cotton tzitzit strings for this reason.

By: Noah

Noah — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 14:55:00 +0000

In reply to BensTallitShop. As I recall, the Rama's hagaha there (I think it's OC 8 or 9) says that there is a preference for tzitziot of the same material as the beged.

By: BensTallitShop

BensTallitShop — Sun, 11 Jan 2015 13:04:00 +0000

Nope. Tartei d’satrei comes into play when you have two halachic conflicting opinions and you make use of both simultaneously. But in the case of tzitzit it’s just a question of what type of tzitzit are suitable for various types of garments.

The Shulchan Aruch states clearly that you can always put wool tzitzit on any type of garment. Thus if you have a cotton garment you can use cotton or wool tzitzit, if you have a silk garment you can use silk or wool tzitzit, etc.

Today 99% of all tzitzit strings are made of wool. (If you find “cotton tzitzit” online, that really means a cotton garment with wool tzitzit.) If you have a silk talit and you want to tie on silk tzitzit, you’re probably going to have to spin the strings yourself.

By: Noah

Noah — Sun, 11 Jan 2015 01:10:00 +0000

Isn’t there an issue of tartei d’satrei with the tzitziot being wool while the beged is silk?