Tzitzit

Chabad Lubavitch on Techelet Tzitzit

What is Chabad's stance on whether Murex trunculus is the correct source for techeles? In a word, Lubavitch does not hold by it. For the most part, they continue to wear all-white tzitzit pending "the coming of Moshiach, when Elijah himself will guide us in uncovering the identity of the chilazon." This position may...

Rashi on Meaning of Eight Tzitzit Strings

At the end of Parshas Shelach we find the following fundamental verse on tzitzit: דַּבֵּר אֶל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם וְעָשׂוּ לָהֶם צִיצִת עַל כַּנְפֵי בִגְדֵיהֶם לְדֹרֹתָם וְנָתְנוּ עַל צִיצִת הַכָּנָף פְּתִיל תְּכֵלֶת "Speak to the children of Israel and say to them that they shall make for themselves tassels on the corners of their garments,...

The Pack Rat & Breslov Tzitzit

One of my sons is a real pack rat. He brings home everything nobody wants. ("One man's junk is another man's treasure...") Usually my wife prevents him from bringing it into the house, but sometimes he manages to smuggle in his junk, and if he sees the border (i.e. our front door) is closely...

Lech Lecha: Tekhelet, Tefillin and Avraham Avinu

A quick vort on Parshat Lech Lecha, disseminated by the Ptil Tekhelet Association: In this week’s parshah, Parashat Lech-Lecha, Avraham Avinu refuses to accept a gift from the king of Sodom lest it be said that he was the one who made Avraham wealthy. אם מחוט ועד שרוך נעל “I will not take a thread or a...

Tzitzit Buyer’s Guide

Whether you are buying tzitzit for the first time, or the 50th time, there are a lot of details to be aware of. Often the tallit katan - the garment designed to enable us to wear tzitzit all day - is referred to simply as "tzitzit." Thus you will come across "cotton tzitzit" and...

Buy Tzitzit: Tzitzit Buyer’s Guide

Since tzitzit are the essence – the raison d'être – of a tallit or talit katan, we have broad know-how and expertise to guide you with tzitzit and tzitzit tying. Whether you opt to buy tzitzit strings separately or buy tzitzit tied onto a ready-to-wear tallit katan garment, we have a broad range of...

Techelet Tzitzit – Rambam, Raavad or Tosafot?

When you set out to buy techelet tzitzit, the first question is which kind: Rambam, Raavad or Tosafot? For those of you who are unclear on the question, when you buy a set of Ptil Tekhelet tzitzit strings, you have to select either Rambam or Raavad. Rambam - three all-white strings and one half-white half/half-blue...

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...

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...