tzitzit

Rockets, Iron Dome…and Tzitzit

In recent days, several of our customers and other well-wishers who are aware we are located in Eretz Yisrael have sent us emails voicing solidarity and support. One message read as follows: We are following the events unfolding in Israel, praying for everyone's safety, and the success of the IDF. G-d willing, this will bring an...

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...

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...

Are tzitzit mandatory or optional?

Adapted from an article by Rabbi Sasson Yaakov The Gemara states that the seven types of people who are excommunicated in Heaven include he who does not lay tefillin on his arm and head, tie tzitzit on his garment and place a mezuzah on his doorpost (Pesachim 113b). The Tosafot (ibid.) writes that therefore it...

Techelet Debate in Jerusalem

Ashrei will be sponsoring a debate on the mitzvah of tekhelet, featuring Rav Mois Navon of the Ptil Tekhelet Association and Rav Elie Ganz of Yeshivat Keren Ora. The evening will be moderated by Rav Yehoshua Kahan, Director of ASHREI, and is being co-sponsored by the the RRG Hillel Beit Midrash Program at Hebrew University,...

Tallit Gadol Buyers Guide

People often feel a special attachment to their tallit gadol, as indeed they should, since it is a garment used to carry out the mitzvah of tzitzit and to create a personal “space” for prayer. Color is a matter of taste, therefore in many cases it may be the most important factor in shopping...