Tzitzit – Page 5 – Ben's Tallit Shop

Techelet: How many blue strings?

Someone by the name of Mark has sent me a few questions on techelet by email and today he called me on the phone. One question that has apparently been on his mind lately is how many strings of techelet should you use: one blue and three white, according to the Raavad, or one...

Wholesale Tzitzit – Buying tzitzit strings at bulk prices

We often receive inquiries about bulk tzitzit strings purchases. Sometimes they are odd requests, making me wonder what the prospective buyer plans to do with them, but typically the purchaser intends to buy tzitzit strings in bulk for a tzitzit-tying project for children or teenagers -- summer camp, a synagogue program or a project...

Techeiles debate: Quotes from pro-Murex rabbis in Eretz Yisrael

I normally am not outspoken in my opinions, but I feel no hesitation to bring the opinions of prominent rabbanim on the techeiles debate to the public. So I have taken the initiative to selectively translate excerpts from letters written a number of leading poskim in Eretz Yisroel. If you would like to see...

Tying Techelet Tzitzit: An Overview

If you are thinking of tying techelet tzitzit on your next tallit or tallit katan, but are not sure which tying custom to follow, you're not alone. With all white tzitzit, usually there's nothing to decide: if you're Ashkenazi, you tie Ashkenazi, if you're Sephardic, you tie Sephardic, if you're Chabad, you tie Chabad. But...

Tallit corners and tzitzit tying

It's fairly rare that a customer asks me not to tie the first knot on the tzitzit too tight. That's why I was surprised to see this note a customer added to an order for a white-on-white Beit Yosef talit. Please see that the tsitsit be tied on both tallitot to have flat corners. That...

Tzitzit without the heat

We get a whole lot of tzitzit questions, but this one was fairly unique. Hi Ben - I would like to get tzitzit for a musician that I manage who is XL and gets very hot on stage and we need something very cool with Lubavitch knots - is that possible? The question of how to...

Tzitzit for IDF Soldiers

The campaign to stop Gaza rockets has now resumed, and in the meantime Lt. Colonel (res.) Rabbi Yedidya Atlas of the IDF Central Command is continuing his campaign to supply IDF soldiers with army issue tzitzit and other religious articles needed by soldiers in the field. IDF soldiers with two layers of protection He told...

Tallit Katan Buying Tips

I recently decided it's time for me to put together a new tallit katan. I have several - cotton and wool, Shabbos and weekday - but the tzitzit strings on most of them are starting to look dingy to me. Considering I operate a tallit and tzitzit webstore, have connections with various suppliers and...

T-shirt with Tzitzit

Our tzitzit t-shirt has been gaining popularity. Although some companies market it as a revolutionary new concept, it has been sold in Israel and France for close to a decade. The design is fairly similar to the very popular and now widespread Neatzit, except that the Neatzit (also known by various other names, including...

Ashkenazi Tzitzit: Do the windings have to come out exactly 7-8-11-13?

According to Torah law, there is no requirement for tzitzit to have 7-8-11-13 windings. The Torah says you must have one knot and one chulyah. There is a dispute in the poskim as the whether the knot comes before the chulyah or after, so we do both. The Mishnah Brurah explains that if you...