cotton tzitzit

Tzitzit strategies during summer heat

Time to get personal...It's really hot here in Israel this week. The Electric Company reported a record high usage yesterday afternoon. So when I got dressed this morning, I departed from my typical tzitzit attire. Usually I wear an undershirt, a Wool Comfort and a shirt. I know, many people out there think wool is...

Tallit & tzitzit solutions for people with wool allergies

Every once in a while we get inquiries from people with wool allergies, or wool sensitivities. The good news is that one leading tzitzit maker in Jerusalem recently introduced a very high quality 100% cotton tallit in a few different designs, including a black-striped cotton tallit and a light blue-striped cotton. Today we received an...

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

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...

A customer recently asked me if the tzitzit strings I sold her are made of wool or cotton. The answer, of course, is wool. Today tzitzit strings are always made of wool. According to halacha, wool tzitzit strings can be tied on any type of garment, whereas tzitzit strings made from other types of...