Tallit and Tzitzit

This is no fringe mitzvah! The tallit and tzitzit serves as constant reminders of our obligations to G-d and our fellows.

Most people don’t think of Judaism as a fringe religion. Yet that’s our uniform. Under their shirts, Jewish men and boys wear a poncho called a tallit katan, with fringes hanging from each corner . . .

Our Sages say that one who fulfills this mitzvah properly merits to have a wife and children. He is also protected from sin, and in that merit, he is assured that he will see the face of the divine presence...

Explore the significance of the ritually fringed four-cornered garment.

הלכות ציצית - הקדמה הלכות ציצית מצות עשה אחת והיא לעשות ציצית על כנפי הכסות וביאור מצוה זו בפרקים אלו:

The garment surrounds our body, the fringes hang off it. They represent the two aspects of G-d's being: His true self that is totally beyond our grasp, and the tiny fraction of His being we can experience

After all, what could he teach a girl who got straight A’s in school and wanted to go to an Ivy League college? And yet, today, what I remember from college seems like a blur of intellectual trivia compared to the simple lessons of my father . . .

A discussion of the different customs regarding wearing a tallit when receiving an aliyah and when leading the prayer services.

How do we take religion out of the once-a-week class? How does one acquire a feeling of (and for) religion? Where does one derive the strength to live by religious ideals, even in moments of weakness?

The meaning of the blue string amongst the tzitzit fringes, and the reason why some have the blue string and others don't.