Negative Commandment 313

I know this is old, but I searched and found it. I figured I would make a comment. I read there is a disagreement among the Rishonim whether one who adds additional strings to the Tzitzit is transgressing the prohibition of Bal Tosif, or that it is permitted to add as many strings as he wants, unless he adds strings of a different type. I read that the Shulchan Aruch ruled that if one added strings even from the same type it is invalid. The Mishnah Berurah quotes the GRA who agrees with the Itur that it is permitted to add as many strings as he wants as long as they are from the same type. The Mishnah Berurah adds that the Artzot Hachaim quotes another few great Rishonim who agree to this. I point to pictures of Rabbi Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg ZT”L and Rabbi Dov Kook who are both pictured on the internet wearing multiple Tallitot, and we were taught never to do that. Reply

Considering the Declaration of Independence as the template for the constitution is not perfectly accurate, and the constitution with its amendments does not seem to best example for the idea that the Torah may not be changed.

A better example would be the idea that no one would consider making modern adjustments to a valuable original painting by a brilliant artist, for this would obviously be misconstruing the artist's pure creativity. How much more so when this is the creative genius of the Creator of Genius! Reply