Tzitzit מהלכות ציצית
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8Laws of Tzitzit — The Order of Wrapping in TzitzitSiman 8 · 54 seifim
- 1.It is a mitzvat aseh from the Torah that…
- 2.Whoever wears a garment that is obligated in tzitzit…
- 3.One must be careful that at the time he…
- 4.It is good not to remove the tallit from…
- 5.It is good and correct not to remove the…
- 6.One who spends the night in his tallit does…
- 7.He should have intent, when wrapping himself, that the…
- 8.Bedi'avad, one who had intent only to fulfill the…
- 9.Some have the custom of saying 'Leshem Yichud' before…
- 10.It is good to say, in the formula of…
- 11.Our Sages said: one who pronounces the Name according…
- 12.One who finds himself, against his will, in a…
- 13.The wording of the berachah on the tallit is:…
- 14.If he erred and recited over the tallit gadol…
- 15.Our custom is to say 'lehit'atef betzitzit,' with a…
- 16.One should recite the berachah of 'lehit'atef betzitzit' while…
- 17.One who transgressed and recited the berachah over the…
- 18.Therefore a sick person or an elderly person for…
- 19.He should recite the berachah before putting it on,…
- 20.It is proper not to occupy himself with the…
- 21.At the time of the berachah he should hold…
- 22.Some have the custom, when taking the tallit gadol…
- 23.One should not interrupt between the berachah and the…
- 24.Even though it is a mitzvah min hamuvchar that…
- 25.But in any case, if one recited the berachah…
- 26.The order of wrapping in the tallit must be…
- 27.One must be particular that the wrapping in the…
- 28.After he has wrapped himself in the tallit gadol…
- 29.Even unmarried young men should cover their heads with…
- 30.Those who have the custom of not wrapping themselves…
- 31.One who recites the berachah of 'lehit'atef betzitzit' should…
- 32.There are grooms who have the custom that after…
- 33.Some have the custom that after they recite the…
- 34.Before the berachah, one must separate the strings of…
- 35.Even on Shabbat, if he sees that the strings…
- 36.After separating the strings of the tzitzit from one…
- 37.One who enters the beit haknesset late, at a…
- 38.Some have the custom of saying, at the time…
- 39.If he has not yet recited the berachot on…
- 40.Some say that those who have the custom of…
- 41.Our custom is that the tallit katan is worn…
- 42.Our custom is that the tzitzit, too, are covered…
- 43.Even though the tzitzit touch the flesh of the…
- 44.It is the custom of many of our Ashkenazi…
- 45.Avreichim in the yeshivot who are from Sephardic communities…
- 46.Young yeshivah students from Sephardic communities of Eastern origin…
- 47.And likewise baalei teshuvah who are strengthening themselves in…
- 48.Sephardic yeshivah students who study in a yeshivah where…
- 49.One who was wearing tzitzit before the day became…
- 50.If his tallit fell off him, even if it…
- 51.Some say that if his tallit fell during the…
- 52.One who removes his tallit with the intention of…
- 53.One who removes his tallit and folds it and…
- 54.It is permitted to lend one's tallit to a…
9Which Garments Are Obligated in TzitzitSiman 9 · 13 seifim
- 1.From the Torah, only a garment of linen or…
- 2.As for what is common nowadays, that people put…
- 3.Some say that one should not make a tallit…
- 4.A tallit garment made of cotton — it is…
- 5.A wool tallit that lacks the required measure, and…
- 6.A four-cornered garment made of leather is exempt from…
- 7.A four-cornered garment, the majority of which is made…
- 8.A four-cornered garment made of leather, but which has…
- 9.Regarding a four-cornered garment made of nylon, the Acharonim…
- 10.Some say that the tzitzit strings must be made…
- 11.There are those who are particular to make the…
- 12.Tallitot that have coloring on both sides of the…
- 13.One who has wool that he sheared from an…
10Laws of the Corners of the TallitSiman 10 · 17 seifim
- 1.A scarf that is put on the neck in…
- 2.A tallit that does not have four corners is…
- 3.A garment that has five corners, and one transgressed…
- 4.A long coat that is open in most of…
- 5.Shirts and garments that have four corners, two up…
- 6.A tallit katan that is closed by means of…
- 7.If a garment had three corners, and he made…
- 8.A tallit that had four corners with tzitzit, and…
- 9.If the corner tore and he wishes to reattach…
- 10.One who launders his tallit, and is concerned that…
- 11.A tallit with tzitzit that tore into two pieces,…
- 12.A tallit that was divided into two, and each…
- 13.One who forbade his tallit to the entire world…
- 14.The corner must be square, and not round, for…
- 15.A garment that has four corners and is open…
- 16.A garment that is half open and half closed…
- 17.One who wraps himself in a towel does not…
11The Law of the Tzitzit StringsSiman 11 · 16 seifim
- 1.The tzitzit strings require spinning lishmah, meaning, that at…
- 2.Lechatchilah one must be careful to say with his…
- 3.Tzitzit strings that were spun lishmah, into which other…
- 4.It is proper and correct to buy tzitzit that…
- 5.Lechatchilah it is proper that the spinning of the…
- 6.Tzitzit strings that were spun by a woman are…
- 7.A non-Jew who spins the tzitzit strings, with an…
- 8.It is good to make the thickness of the…
- 9.The number of tzitzit strings on each corner is…
- 10.Our custom, following the view of the mekubalim, is…
- 11.One must be particular that all eight strings of…
- 12.Some say that it is good that all the…
- 13.According to the essential law it is permitted to…
- 14.It is good to be careful not to cut…
- 15.It is good to tie the ends of the…
- 16.If he made the tzitzit strings from stolen wool,…
12Things That Invalidate TzitzitSiman 12 · 3 seifim
- 1.If all the tzitzit strings tore, and there remains…
- 2.If two strings snapped, one from each side, the…
- 3.Where possible, it is good and correct to be…
13The Law of Tzitzit on ShabbatSiman 13 · 9 seifim
- 1.The four sets of tzitzit are indispensable to one…
- 2.If the tallit is properly fitted with tzitzit according…
- 3.It is permitted to go out also on the…
- 4.A tallit whose strings have not been checked —…
- 5.It is permitted to go out on Shabbat into…
- 6.It is permitted to go out on Shabbat with…
- 7.It is permitted to wrap oneself in a tallit…
- 8.One who has no tzitzit on Shabbat is forbidden…
- 9.It is permitted to fold the tallit on Shabbat…
14Who Is Qualified to Make TzitzitSiman 14 · 7 seifim
- 1.Tzitzit made by a non-Jew are invalid, for it…
- 2.A Jew who placed tzitzit on a garment without…
- 3.A woman is qualified to place the tzitzit on…
- 4.A minor under thirteen years and one day who…
- 5.A youth who has reached the age of thirteen…
- 6.Lechatchilah one must be careful to say with his…
- 7.It is permitted for a blind person to place…
+Siman יד, Seif ג — The Law of a Borrowed TallitSiman 14 (continued) · 10 seifim
- 1.One who borrows from his fellow a garment that…
- 2.One who borrows a four-cornered garment from his fellow…
- 3.One who borrows a tallit from his fellow when…
- 4.If he wraps himself in a borrowed tallit merely…
- 5.One recites a berachah over a tallit belonging to…
- 6.One who donated a tallit specifically for the shaliach…
- 7.It is permitted to take a fellow's tallit on…
- 8.One who takes a tallit from his fellow without…
- 9.One who bought a tallit and has not yet…
- 10.A tallit belonging to partners is obligated in tzitzit,…
15Transferring Tzitzit from One Garment to AnotherSiman 15 · 5 seifim
- 1.It is permitted to make from a tallit gadol…
- 2.It is permitted to untie the tzitzit of a…
- 3.And likewise it is permitted to remove valid tzitzit…
- 4.Even if he made the windings according to the…
- 5.Some have the custom of making an atarah of…
16The Measure of a Tallit — and the Law of the Tallit KatanSiman 16 · 4 seifim
- 1.Lechatchilah one should not recite a berachah over a…
- 2.The custom of many is not to recite a…
- 3.It has already been explained above that those who…
- 4.We have already explained that one who enters the…
17Who Is Obligated in TzitzitSiman 17 · 6 seifim
- 1.The custom has spread that a blind person, too,…
- 2.Night is not the time for tzitzit, for it…
- 3.One should not wear, during the day, a garment…
- 4.Young men who have reached the age of obligation…
- 5.Young children who have reached the age of training…
- 6.Women are exempt from the mitzvah of tzitzit, like…
18The Time for TzitzitSiman 18 · 11 seifim
- 1.The time for the mitzvah of tzitzit is during…
- 2.There are places where the chacham of the congregation…
- 3.The custom is to wrap oneself in a tallit…
- 4.Lechatchilah one should not wrap himself in tzitzit in…
- 5.It is clear that it is permitted to place…
- 6.One who placed tzitzit on his tallit at a…
- 7.An onen, even though he is exempt from the…
- 8.It has already been explained above that one who…
- 9.Sheets and blankets that have four corners, even though…
- 10.If the chuppah is held before sunset, and the…
- 11.The sandak and the father of the child, who…
19Tzitzit Is an Obligation on the PersonSiman 19 · 4 seifim
- 1.This mitzvah is a chovat gavra, meaning, an obligation…
- 2.One who wears several four-cornered garments — if his…
- 3.If he replaces the tzitzit with more beautiful tzitzit,…
- 4.One who made a tallit for the purpose of…
20Buying a Tallit from a Non-JewSiman 20 · 2 seifim
- 1.One who buys a tallit already fitted with tzitzit…
- 2.One does not sell a tallit already fitted with…
21The Law of Invalidated Tzitzit StringsSiman 21 · 14 seifim
- 1.As long as the tzitzit strings are attached to…
- 2.Some have the custom of using invalidated tzitzit strings…
- 3.And likewise a worn-out tallit may be thrown in…
- 4.It is permitted to clean eyeglasses with a tallit,…
- 5.Tzitzit strings that were spun for the sake of…
- 6.Tzitzit strings tied to the tallit, for which one…
- 7.One who wears a tallit gadol of a mitzvah,…
- 8.Large tallitot that have an atarah at one end,…
- 9.It is forbidden to embroider verses on the tallit.…
- 10.It is correct to be careful to launder the…
- 11.It is a mitzvah to make a beautiful tallit,…
- 12.It is permitted to have the tallit laundered by…
- 13.One must be careful, when a person wears a…
- 14.It is permitted to lie down while wearing a…
22The Law of Reciting Shehecheyanu on a TallitSiman 22 · 3 seifim
- 1.Over a new tallit one recites the berachah of…
- 2.The custom is not to recite Shehecheyanu on a…
- 3.There is one who wrote that if several people…
23The Law of Tzitzit in a CemeterySiman 23 · 5 seifim
- 1.It is permitted to enter a cemetery with a…
- 2.Some have the custom of tying the two sets…
- 3.One who enters within four amot of a corpse,…
- 4.In a place where the custom is to remove…
- 5.If one studies Mishnayot or Tehillim for the elevation…
24The Reward for the Mitzvah of TzitzitSiman 24 · 15 seifim
- 1.Great is the punishment of one who neglects the…
- 2.The mitzvah of tzitzit is equal to all the…
- 3.Even though according to the essential law there is…
- 4.But in any case, one who has no tzitzit…
- 5.It is correct to buy a beautiful tallit on…
- 6.It is a mitzvah to hold the tzitzit in…
- 7.There are those who hold all four corners in…
- 8.The custom is to hold the tzitzit that are…
- 9.It is good to look at the tzitzit at…
- 10.Some have the custom of looking at the tzitzit…
- 11.When he looks at the tzitzit, he looks at…
- 12.A blind person should hold the tzitzit at the…
- 13.It is correct not to leave the tallit unfolded…
- 14.According to the essential law, it is permitted to…
- 15.When he removes the tallit from himself after the…