tzitzit strings – Ben's Tallit Shop

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...

Cotton Tzitzit

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...

Kosher Tzitzit Strings: A Matter of Intent

The Torah tells us to make tzitzits for ourselves – v'asu lahem tzitzis (Bamidbar 15:38). Based on these words, the Talmudic Sages and later the Shulchan Aruch ruled that tzitzit strings must be made with intent (lishma), i.e. when making the strings one must have intent that they eventually be used for the mitzvah...