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==Intent to put it back on==
==Intention==
# If you remove a talit with intention to put it back on within “a short period of time” one doesn’t make a new Bracha upon putting on the talit a second time within that short period of time. <Ref> Rama 8:14 writes that if one removes the Talit with intent to put it back on one doesn’t make a Bracha. This is explained by the achronim based on the language of the Tur who writes that if one intends to put it back on immediately (מיד) then there’s no need for a new Bracha. So rules Mishna Brurah 8:37 and Ezor Yisrael 8:14. </ref>
# If one removes the talit with intent to put it back on right away and then doesn’t put it on right away but rather tarries, a new Bracha is needed. <ref> S”A HaRav 8:24, Mishna Brurah 8:37, Ezor Yisrael 8:14 </ref>
==What is “a short period of time”? ==
# It’s clear from the poskim what's considered a short period of time. Some authorities define as a unit of time, opinions ranging from a half hour to three hours, and some authorities define it by the type of activity done while the tzitzit are off (which is usually dependant on the time issue, but not directly). Here's a few main opinions:
* Rav Shlomo Zalman in Halichot Shlomo 3:7- 3 hours (footnote there- this number isn’t exact)
* Rav Moshe Shternbach in Teshuvot VeHanhagot 1:32- for an hour or two one may make a new Bracha only if one also left the house/building because of safek brachot
* [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/750553/Rabbi_Hershel_Schachter/Hilchot_Tzitzit Rav Hershel Schachter] (Hilchot Tzitzit min 43), Hilchot Gra Veminhagim 1:17 (pg 20), Netivot Hachaim (3 pg 222), Or Torah (vol 23, 5751 Av, pg 714), Tzitzit Halacha Pesukah by Rabbi Tzvi Kohen (8:72 in the note) - half hour
* Ezor Yisrael pg 39- if you do a kavuah/fixed/significant activity (meal versus snack)- new Bracha, but if it’s a transitory activity- no new Bracha
* Piskei Teshuvot 8:23- if it’s a activity with a defined time limit- no new Bracha, however if he tarries after that activity- new Bracha, however if the activity doesn’t have a definite time limit- new Bracha
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## Sephardim should follow the opinion of that defines a short period as a half hour. <ref> Sh”t Yabea Omer 8:2(4), Yalkut Yosef (Tzitzit pg 222), Sh”t Or Letzion 2:44(10), Sh”t Otzrot Yosef 1:28 </ref>


==Examples of momentarily==
#The Shulchan Aruch holds that if one's [[Tallit]] is removed for any period of time, even if one intended to put it back on again immediately, one has to make a new bracha.<ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 8:14, Aruch Hashulchan 8:19 explaining Shulchahn Aruch. Maharil (responsa chadashot 4:3) quotes that the Maharam held that a new bracha is needed even if one had intention to put them back on. </ref>
# If one sees that his Tzitzit are inside out, one may take them off, flip it and then put it back on without a new Bracha. <Ref> Sh”t Bear Moshe 6:3(9) </ref>
#The Rema disagrees and holds that if you remove a [[Tallit]] with the intention to put it back on within “a short period of time” one does not make a new bracha upon putting the [[Tallit]] back on, as long as it is within that short period of time.<ref>Rama 8:14 writes that if one removes the [[Tallit]] with intent to put it back on one does not make a bracha. This is explained by the achronim based on the language of the Tur who writes that if one intends to put it back on immediately (מיד) then there is no need for a new bracha. This is also the opinion of Mishna Brurah 8:37 and Ezor Yisrael 8:14. </ref>
==Changing places==
#If one removes the [[Tallit]] intending to put it back on right away and then does not put it on right away but rather tarries, a new bracha is needed. <ref>Shulchan Aruch HaRav 8:24, Mishna Brurah 8:37, Ezor Yisrael 8:14 </ref>
# For changing one’s place there’s no obligation to make a new Bracha. <Ref> Magan Avraham 8:18, Mishna Brurah 8:34, 37, piskei teshuvot 8:23(6), Ezor Yisrael 8:14, Tzitizit Halacha Pesuka (by Rav Tzvi Kohen) 8:73 </ref>
==Lending one’s talit for a mitzvah==
# If one removed one’s talit to give to someone getting an aliyah (or duchaning), no new Bracha is needed when getting back the talit. <Ref> Bet Baruch 12:39, Tzitizit Halacha Pesuka (by Rav Tzvi Kohen) 8:77, Halichot Shlomo (3:7 in the notes), Rav Hershel Schachter (Hilchot Tzitzit min 43). However, Sh”t Rivivot Efraim 5:14 writes that this is a certain hesech hadaat. </ref>
## For example, a person who gave his talit to someone for an aliyah and instead it gets used for all the olim and it only gets returned after a half hour, a new Bracha is needed when returned. <Ref> Rabbi Hershel Schachter (Hilchot Tzitzit min 43) in as an example </ref>
## Similarly, if someone took the talit from a person shoulders without asking, the owner doesn’t need to make a new Bracha when he gets it back unless the owner fears not getting the Talit back. <ref> Mishneh Halachot 15:7 who says that if a person took your talit for an aliyah you don’t need a new Bracha, unless you thought you wouldn’t get your talit back. </ref>
# If one gave a talit to someone in order to fulfill the mitzvah and in order that the borrower can make a Bracha on it, the talit was given as a gift on condition (Mattana Al Menat Lehachzir), there’s a dispute whether a person should make a new Bracha when the talit is returned. <Ref> Sh”t bear Moshe 6:5 and Bet Baruch 12:39 hold that you need a new Bracha, while Sh”t hillel Omer 4 writes that no new Bracha is needed. </ref>
==Going to the bathroom==
# If one does into a bathroom, one doesn’t make a new Bracha on the talit upon exiting the bathroom <ref> Darkei Moshe 8:6, Mishna Brurah 8:37, Ezor Yisrael 8:14 pg 40 </ref> even if it takes a half hour. <Ref> Halichot Yisrael (Siman 4 pg 20) quotes Rav Gustman as saying that going to the bathroom doesn’t require a new Bracha even if takes a half hour. </ref>
## If one has a Talit with a פסוק written on the crown, since it’s forbidden to bring into a bathroom, one must make a new Bracha upon exiting and putting back on the talit. <Ref> Artzot HaChaim (Meir HaAretz) 8:79, Beer Moshe 6:2(5), and seemingly Piskei Teshuvot 8:23. </ref>
==Bathing, Showering, Tevilah, Swimming==
# One doesn’t need to make a new Bracha after bathing. However, it’s preferable to have in mind while making the Bracha in the morning only to cover the Tzitzit until that point in time and then after bathing a new Bracha would be required. <Ref> Buir Halacha D”H VeYesh quotes Artzot HaChaim 8:86 in name of the Kol Eliyahu 2:2 to say that a new Bracha is needed for bathing, however, Biur Halacha writes that the minhag is not to make a new bracha, and concludes that it’s better to have in mind not to cover the wearing of Tzitzit after bathing and then one can make the Bracha afterwards. So writes Tzitzit Halacha Pesuka by Rav Tzvi Kohen 8:80. </ref> However, if one bathed for a long time (and removed one’s mind from tzitzit) one should make a new Bracha. <Ref> Sh”t Tzitz Eliezer 13:4, Sh”t Bear Moshe 6:4(11), Ben Ish Chai Beresheet 10, and Kaf HaChaim 8:56 hold that for bathing which takes a long time requires a new Bracha, whereas, tevilah, which is short doesn’t require a new Bracha. See Torat Chaim Sofer 8:23. </ref>
## If one didn’t have this kavana but usually does, it’s assumed that your kavana was your normal practice <ref> Sharei Teshuva 8:15, Tzitzit by Rav tzvi Kohen 8:80 </ref>
# After taking a shower, no new Bracha is needed (unless an exceptionally long time is taken and one removed his mind from Tzitzit). <Ref> Ezor Yisrael pg 40 </ref>
# After Tevilah no new Bracha is needed. <Ref> Kaf HaChaim 8:56, Sh”t Bear Moshe 6:4(11-2) </ref>
# However, after going swimming a new Bracha is needed (unless it was short and one kept one’s mind on Tzitzit). <Ref> Ezor Yisrael pg 40 </ref>
==Kiddish in middle of Davening==
# If one removed one’s talit for Kiddish before Mussaf no new Bracha is needed. <ref> Halichot Yisrael (Siman 4 pg 18-9) quotes Rav Gustman who says that if one took off a talit to have kiddish before tekiyot shofar on ראש השנה shouldn’t make a new Bracha since he probably intended according to the minhag to put it back on after kiddish. So holds Piskei Teshuvot 8:23(3). [Halichot Yisrael (pg 18) writes that Rav Aharon Kotler once made a new Bracha after a short kiddish, however there he gives many explanations for this incident.] See Sh”t Chelkat Yacov 1:105 who writes about a minhag to remove one’s talit for a couple of hours in order to go home for kiddish and learn before Mussaf, and concludes that since there’s a doubt, one should fold one’s talit before going home so that you can make a new Bracha upon returning. (Tzitzit Halacha Pesuka by Rav Tzvi Kohen 8:72 argues that it won’t work since you do plan to put it back on!). </ref>
==Going to sleep without tzitzit==
# There’s a dispute if one sleep during the day without wearing one’s tzitizit whether a new Bracha is needed upon waking up. Therefore, it’s preferable to wear them to sleep or have them cover you as you sleep. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 8:42. Tzitzit by Rav tzvi Kohen 8:81 adds one should remove it to cover oneself without taking it off completely. Piskei Teshuvot 8:23(7) adds that if it’s only a shinat arraya (sleeping on one’s hands, bench, weird position) – no new Bracha according to everyone and so one doesn’t need to cover’s one’s body with the tzitzit. </ref>
# If one sleeps at night in Tzitzit, there’s a dispute in poskim and so one shouldn’t make a new Bracha but should have it covered by making a Bracha on the talit (or listening to someone else make the Bracha on the talit). Additionally, one shouldn’t remove the tzitzit with intent not to put it back on and then put it back on since according to some that’s causes an unnecessary Bracha. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 8:42. </ref>


==Intent not to put it back on==
==Measurement of “A Short Period of Time”==
# If one removes the talit with explicit intent not to put it back on for a while or not at all, a new Bracha is needed even if one put it back on right away. <Ref> Magan Avraham 8:18, Mishna Brurah 8:37, Sh”t Bear Moshe 6:4(10), Piskei Teshuvot 8:23(4), Ezor Yisrael 8:14 </ref>
## If one removes one’s talit in order to put on another talit and then changes his mind, a new Bracha is needed <ref> artzot hachaim, Tzitzit by Rav tzvi Kohen 8:71 </ref>
## If one changes talit’s a new Bracha is needed if one didn’t have that new one in mind when one made the Bracha in the morning. <Ref> S”A 8:12 writes that if one has many pairs of clothes with Tzitzit one must make a Bracha on each one unless one had intention to where all of them. Mishna Brurah 8:32 explains that if one didn’t have explicit intention, one must make another Bracha for each one. Almost all achronim write this distinction of switching two pairs of Tzitzit (where one surely makes a new Bracha) and removing one and replacing it after time (where there’s a dispute) including Sh”t Divrei Shmuel 1, Sh”t Teshurat Shai 133, Pri HaSadeh 4:64 (it’s regarding Tefillin, but references Talit), Artzot HaChaim, Sh”t Yabea Omer Y”D 3:17(2), Tzitzit Halacha Pesuka (by Rav Tzvi Cohen 8:79), Piskei Teshuvot 8:23(8). See Sh”t Rivovot Efraim 1:23 and Sh”t Bear Moshe 6:4. </ref>
## Therefore, when switching Tzitzit’s on Friday for [[Shabbat]], if when donning the weekday pair in the morning that it should cover the [[Shabbat]] pair, one doesn’t need a new Bracha, however if one didn’t have this intent, a new Bracha is needed. If one’s normal practice is to switch into a [[Shabbat]] pair, even stam intent is enough to cover that pair, and no new Bracha is needed. <ref> See above note. Leket Kemach Hachadash 73, and Torat Chaim Sofer 23 write explicitly regarding this case that a new Bracha should be made. However, Tzitzit Halacha Pesuka (by Rav Tzvi Cohen 8:79 in the footnote) writes that the Chazon Ish didn’t make a new bracha, and he quotes Rav Chaim Kanievsky who explained that it was for the reason that the Chazon Ish didn’t want to make a Bracha on a talit katan. </ref>
## If one removed a talit in Davening by accident thinking that Davening was over, a new Bracha is needed. <ref> Daat Torah, Tzitizit Halacha Pesuka by Rav tzvi Kohen 8:76 </ref>


==Intent Stam==
#It is unclear what the poskim exactly mean by "a short period of time". Many authorities define it as a unit of time, opinions range from a half hour to three hours, while other authorities define it as the time it takes to do a certain activity. Some say said activity has to be a significant activity and some say it has to be an activity without a definite time limit. (See footnote for clarification).<ref>*[http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/750553/Rabbi_Hershel_Schachter/Hilchot_Tzitzit Rav Hershel Schachter] (Hilchot [[Tzitzit]] min 43), Hilchot Gra Veminhagim 1:17 (pg 20), Netivot Hachaim (3 pg 222), Or Torah (vol 23, 5751 Av, pg 714), and [[Tzitzit]] Halacha Pesukah (Rabbi Tzvi Kohen, 8:72 in the note) hold a half hour of removing the [[Tzitzit]] requires one to make a new bracha.
# If one removed the talit stam without intent, it depends on one’s actions:
*Rav Shlomo Zalman in Halichot Shlomo 3:7 writes that one should only make a new bracha if the [[Tzitzit]] were removed for 3 hours. However, Rav Shlomo Zalman there clarifies in the footnote that this number is not exact. See also Rav Moshe Sternbuch in Teshuvot VeHanhagot 1:32 who writes that one should make a new bracha only after having not worn it for an hour or two and one also left the house or building one was in.
* If one was still wearing one’s Tzitzit when one removed the talit, no new Bracha is made. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 8:38, Piskei Teshuvot 8:23(5) </ref>
*Ezor Yisrael (pg 39) writes that if one does a significant activity after having taken off one's [[Tzitzit]] one should make a new bracha when putting them back on, but if it is a transitory activity, no new bracha is required. Similarly, Piskei Teshuvot 8:23 concludes that if it is an activity with a defined time limit, then no new bracha is required, however if the activity does not have a definite time limit or one tarries after that activity, a new bracha will be required.</ref>
* If one folded the talit and put it in it’s case since you display the fact that one doesn’t plan on putting it back on, a new Bracha is needed. <ref> Mishna Brurah 8:38, Piskei Teshuvot 8:23(5) </ref>
#Sephardim follow the opinion of this short time being half an hour. <ref>Sh”t Yabia Omer 8:2(4), Yalkut Yosef ([[Tzitzit]] pg 222), Sh”t Or Letzion 2:44(10), Sh”t Otzrot Yosef 1:28 </ref>
* If one folded the talit without any intent in middle of Davening, no new Bracha is needed. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 8:38. </ref>


==References==
==Example of Momentarily Removing One's Tzitzit==
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#If one sees that one's [[Tzitzit]] are inside out, one may take them off, flip them and then put them back on without having to make a new bracha. <ref>Sh”t Bear Moshe 6:3(9) </ref>
 
==Change of Location==
 
#When changing one’s location there is no obligation to make a new bracha on one's [[Tzitzit]]. <ref>Magen Avraham 8:18, Mishna Brurah 8:34, 37, Piskei Teshuvot 8:23(6), Ezor Yisrael 8:14, Tzitizit Halacha Pesuka (by Rav Tzvi Kohen) 8:73 </ref>
 
==Lending One’s Tallit to Perform a Mitzvah==
 
#If one removed one’s [[Tallit]] to give to someone who is getting an aliyah (or duchaning), no new bracha is needed when putting on the [[Tallit]] after getting it back. <ref>Bet Baruch 12:39, Tzitizit Halacha Pesuka (by Rav Tzvi Kohen) 8:77, Halichot Shlomo (3:7 in the notes), Rav Hershel Schachter (Hilchot [[Tzitzit]] min 43). However, Sh”t Rivivot Efraim 5:14 writes that this is a certain hesech hadaat. </ref>
##However, a person who gave his [[Tallit]] to someone for an aliyah and instead it gets used for all the olim and is only returned after a half hour, a new bracha is needed when putting it back on. <ref>Rabbi Hershel Schachter (Hilchot [[Tzitzit]] min 43) as an example </ref>
##If someone took the [[Tallit]] from a person's shoulders without asking, the owner does not need to make a new bracha when they get it back, unless the owner feared not getting the [[Tallit]] back at all. <ref>Mishneh Halachot 15:7 who says that if a person took one's [[Tallit]] for an aliyah one does not need to make a new bracha when putting it back on, unless one thought the [[Tallit]] would not be returned. </ref>
#If one gave a [[Tallit]] to someone in order for the borrower to fulfill the mitzvah and make a bracha on it, the [[Tallit]] is considered to have been a gift on the condition the person give it back to the owner when done(Mattana Al Menat Lehachzir), there is a dispute whether the owner is required to make a new bracha when the [[Tallit]] is returned. <ref>Sh”t bear Moshe 6:5 and Bet Baruch 12:39 hold that you need a new bracha, while Sh”t Hillel Omer 4 writes that no new bracha is necessary. </ref>
 
==Going to the Bathroom==
 
#If one goes to the bathroom, one does not make a new bracha on the [[Tallit]] upon exiting the bathroom <ref>Darkei Moshe 8:6, Mishna Brurah 8:37, Ezor Yisrael 8:14 pg 40 </ref> even if it were to take a half hour. <ref>Halichot Yisrael (Siman 4 pg 20) quotes Rav Gustman as saying that going to the bathroom does not require a new bracha even if takes a half hour. </ref>
##If one has a [[Tallit]] with a פסוק written on the crown, one must make a new bracha after returning and when putting the [[Tallit]] back on, since it would be forbidden to bring that [[Tallit]] into a bathroom. <ref>Artzot HaChaim (Meir HaAretz) 8:79, Beer Moshe 6:2(5), and seemingly Piskei Teshuvot 8:23. </ref>
 
==Bathing, Showering, Tevillah, Swimming==
 
#One need not make a new bracha after bathing. However, it is preferable to have in mind while making the bracha in the morning only to cover the [[Tzitzit]] until that point in time and therefore then after bathing a new bracha would be required. <ref>Beiur Halacha s.v. VeYesh quotes Artzot HaChaim 8:86 in name of the Kol Eliyahu 2:2 to say that a new bracha is needed for bathing, however, Beiur Halacha writes that the minhag is not to make a new bracha, and concludes that it is better to have in mind not to cover the wearing of [[Tzitzit]] after bathing and then one can make the bracha afterwards again. So writes [[Tzitzit]] Halacha Pesuka by Rav Tzvi Kohen 8:80. </ref> However, if one bathed for a long time (and removed one’s mind from [[Tzitzit]]) one should make a new bracha. <ref>Sh”t Tzitz Eliezer 13:4, Sh”t Bear Moshe 6:4(11), Ben Ish Chai Beresheet 10, and Kaf HaChaim 8:56 hold that for bathing which takes a long time one is required to make a new bracha, whereas, tevilah, which is short does not require a new Bracha. See Torat Chaim Sofer 8:23. </ref>
##If one did not have this kavana (intention) of the bracha only being valid until one bathes, but usually does have that intention, it is assumed that one's kavana was one's normal practice <ref>Sharei Teshuva 8:15, [[Tzitzit]] by Rav tzvi Kohen 8:80 </ref> and therefore one makes a new bracha when putting the [[Tzitzit]] back on.
#After taking a shower, no new bracha is needed (unless one takes an exceptionally long time and removed one's mind from [[Tzitzit]]). <ref>Ezor Yisrael pg 40 </ref>
#After Tevillah no new bracha is needed. <ref>Kaf HaChaim 8:56, Sh”t Bear Moshe 6:4(11-2) </ref>
#After going swimming a new bracha is needed (unless it was short and one kept one’s mind on [[Tzitzit]]). <ref>Ezor Yisrael pg 40 </ref>
 
==Kiddish in the Middle of Davening==
 
#If one removed one’s [[Tallit]] for [[Kiddush]] before [[Mussaf]] no new bracha would be needed. <ref>Halichot Yisrael (Siman 4 pg 18-9) quotes Rav Gustman who says that if one took off one's [[Tallit]] to make [[Kiddush]] before tekiyot [[shofar]] on ראש השנה, one should not make a new bracha since one probably intended, according to the common minhag, to put it back on after the kiddish. This is also the opinion of Piskei Teshuvot 8:23(3). [Halichot Yisrael (pg 18) writes that Rav Aharon Kotler once made a new bracha after a short kiddish, however there he gives many explanations for this incident.] See Sh”t Chelkat Yacov 1:105 who writes about a minhag to remove one’s [[Tallit]] for a couple of hours in order to go home to make [[Kiddush]] and learn before [[Mussaf]], and concludes that since there is a doubt, one should fold one’s [[Tallit]] before going home so that one can make a new bracha upon returning. ([[Tzitzit]] Halacha Pesuka by Rav Tzvi Kohen 8:72 argues that this would not work since one plans on putting it back on!). </ref>
 
==Going to Sleep without Tzitzit==
 
#There is a dispute as to whether one has to make a bracha on one's [[Tzitzit]] when putting them on again after having gone to sleep without them during the day. In order to avoid this question it is therefore preferable to wear them to sleep or have them cover one as one sleeps. <ref>Mishna Brurah 8:42 records a dispute if one slept during the day without wearing one’s [[Tzitizit]] whether a new bracha is needed upon [[waking up]]. He suggests to avoid this dispute one should wear them to sleep or have them cover one as one sleeps. Sefer [[Tzitzit]] by Rav Tzvi Kohen 8:81 adds that one should remove it to cover oneself without taking them off completely. See, however, Dirshu Edition of Mishna Brurah 8:42 who comments that according to the Mordechai (cited in 18:8) one is only obligated in [[Tzitzit]] if they are worn normally, it would not help to cover oneself with the [[Tzitzit]] when sleeping. Piskei Teshuvot 8:23(7) writes that if it is only a temporary nap, shinat arraya, such as sleeping on one’s hands, on a bench, or in a unusual position/place(not one's bed), no new bracha is required according to everyone. Thus, one does not need to cover one’s body with the [[Tzitzit]]. </ref>
#If one sleeps at night in [[Tzitzit]], there is a disagreement amongst poskim as to whether one needs to make a bracha in the morning since one has never taken one's [[Tzitzit]] off. We rule one should not make a new bracha on them upon [[waking up]], rather one should exempt them by making a bracha on the [[Tallit]] (or listening to someone else make the bracha on the [[Tallit]]). Additionally, one should not remove the [[Tzitzit]] with the intent of not putting them back on and then put them back on anyway, since according to some that may be causing an unnecessary bracha. <ref>Mishna Brurah 8:42. </ref>
 
==Intent to Not Put Them Back On==
 
#If one removes the [[Tallit]] with explicit intent not to put it back on for a while or not at all, a new bracha is needed even if one put it back on right away. <ref>Magen Avraham 8:18, Mishna Brurah 8:37, Sh”t Bear Moshe 6:4(10), Piskei Teshuvot 8:23(4), Ezor Yisrael 8:14 </ref>
##If one removes one’s [[Tallit]] in order to put on another [[Tallit]] and then changes one's mind, a new bracha is needed <ref>artzot hachaim, [[Tzitzit]] by Rav Tzvi Kohen 8:71 </ref>
##If one changes one's [[Tallit]] for another a new bracha is needed on the other one, given one did not have that new one in mind when one made the bracha in the morning. <ref>S”A 8:12 writes that if one wants to wear many pairs of clothing with [[Tzitzit]] one must make a bracha on each one unless one had intention to wear all of them, in which case one makes one bracha with all the garments in mind, exmpting them. Mishna Brurah 8:32 explains that if one did not have explicit intention, one must make another bracha for each one. Almost all achronim write this distinction of switching two pairs of [[Tzitzit]] (where one surely makes a new bracha) and removing one and replacing it after a while (where there is a dispute as to whether a new bracha is required) including Sh”t Divrei Shmuel 1, Sh”t Teshurat Shai 133, Pri HaSadeh 4:64 (writes regarding [[Tefillin]] but references [[Tallit]]), Artzot HaChaim, Sh”t Yabia Omer Y”D 3:17(2), [[Tzitzit]] Halacha Pesuka (by Rav Tzvi Cohen 8:79), Piskei Teshuvot 8:23(8). See Sh”t Rivovot Efraim 1:23 and Sh”t Bear Moshe 6:4. </ref>
##When switching [[Tzitzit]] on Friday for [[Shabbat]], if when donning the weekday pair in the morning one had in mind for one's bracha to additionally cover the [[Shabbat]] pair, one does not need a new bracha. If one did not have this intent, a new bracha would be needed. If one’s normal practice is to switch into a [[Shabbat]] pair, even stam intent is enough to cover that pair, and no new bracha would be required. <ref>See above note. Leket Kemach Hachadash 73, and Torat Chaim Sofer 23 write explicitly regarding this case that a new bracha should be made. However, [[Tzitzit]] Halacha Pesuka (by Rav Tzvi Cohen 8:79 in the footnote) writes that the Chazon Ish did not make a new bracha, and he quotes Rav Chaim Kanievsky who explained that it was because the Chazon Ish did not want to make a bracha on a [[Tallit]] Katan. </ref>
##If one removed one's [[Tallit]] in [[davening]] by accident thinking that [[davening]] was over, a new bracha is needed when putting it back on. <ref>Daat Torah, Tzitzit Halacha Pesuka by Rav Tzvi Kohen 8:76 </ref>
 
==If the Tallit Was Removed without any Intention==
 
#If one removed one's [[Tallit]] without any particular intent, it depends on one’s actions as to whether one needs to make a bracha when putting it back on or not:
 
*If one was still wearing one’s [[Tzitzit]] when one removed the [[Tallit]], no new bracha is made. <ref>Mishna Brurah 8:38, Piskei Teshuvot 8:23(5) </ref>
*If one folded the [[Tallit]] and put it in it’s case since by that, one displays the fact that one does not plan on putting it back on, a new bracha is needed whe putting it back on. <ref>Mishna Brurah 8:38, Piskei Teshuvot 8:23(5) </ref>
*If one folded the [[Tallit]] without any intent in middle of [[davening]], no new bracha will be needed. <ref>Mishna Brurah 8:38. </ref>
 
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Intention

  1. The Shulchan Aruch holds that if one's Tallit is removed for any period of time, even if one intended to put it back on again immediately, one has to make a new bracha.[1]
  2. The Rema disagrees and holds that if you remove a Tallit with the intention to put it back on within “a short period of time” one does not make a new bracha upon putting the Tallit back on, as long as it is within that short period of time.[2]
  3. If one removes the Tallit intending to put it back on right away and then does not put it on right away but rather tarries, a new bracha is needed. [3]

Measurement of “A Short Period of Time”

  1. It is unclear what the poskim exactly mean by "a short period of time". Many authorities define it as a unit of time, opinions range from a half hour to three hours, while other authorities define it as the time it takes to do a certain activity. Some say said activity has to be a significant activity and some say it has to be an activity without a definite time limit. (See footnote for clarification).[4]
  2. Sephardim follow the opinion of this short time being half an hour. [5]

Example of Momentarily Removing One's Tzitzit

  1. If one sees that one's Tzitzit are inside out, one may take them off, flip them and then put them back on without having to make a new bracha. [6]

Change of Location

  1. When changing one’s location there is no obligation to make a new bracha on one's Tzitzit. [7]

Lending One’s Tallit to Perform a Mitzvah

  1. If one removed one’s Tallit to give to someone who is getting an aliyah (or duchaning), no new bracha is needed when putting on the Tallit after getting it back. [8]
    1. However, a person who gave his Tallit to someone for an aliyah and instead it gets used for all the olim and is only returned after a half hour, a new bracha is needed when putting it back on. [9]
    2. If someone took the Tallit from a person's shoulders without asking, the owner does not need to make a new bracha when they get it back, unless the owner feared not getting the Tallit back at all. [10]
  2. If one gave a Tallit to someone in order for the borrower to fulfill the mitzvah and make a bracha on it, the Tallit is considered to have been a gift on the condition the person give it back to the owner when done(Mattana Al Menat Lehachzir), there is a dispute whether the owner is required to make a new bracha when the Tallit is returned. [11]

Going to the Bathroom

  1. If one goes to the bathroom, one does not make a new bracha on the Tallit upon exiting the bathroom [12] even if it were to take a half hour. [13]
    1. If one has a Tallit with a פסוק written on the crown, one must make a new bracha after returning and when putting the Tallit back on, since it would be forbidden to bring that Tallit into a bathroom. [14]

Bathing, Showering, Tevillah, Swimming

  1. One need not make a new bracha after bathing. However, it is preferable to have in mind while making the bracha in the morning only to cover the Tzitzit until that point in time and therefore then after bathing a new bracha would be required. [15] However, if one bathed for a long time (and removed one’s mind from Tzitzit) one should make a new bracha. [16]
    1. If one did not have this kavana (intention) of the bracha only being valid until one bathes, but usually does have that intention, it is assumed that one's kavana was one's normal practice [17] and therefore one makes a new bracha when putting the Tzitzit back on.
  2. After taking a shower, no new bracha is needed (unless one takes an exceptionally long time and removed one's mind from Tzitzit). [18]
  3. After Tevillah no new bracha is needed. [19]
  4. After going swimming a new bracha is needed (unless it was short and one kept one’s mind on Tzitzit). [20]

Kiddish in the Middle of Davening

  1. If one removed one’s Tallit for Kiddush before Mussaf no new bracha would be needed. [21]

Going to Sleep without Tzitzit

  1. There is a dispute as to whether one has to make a bracha on one's Tzitzit when putting them on again after having gone to sleep without them during the day. In order to avoid this question it is therefore preferable to wear them to sleep or have them cover one as one sleeps. [22]
  2. If one sleeps at night in Tzitzit, there is a disagreement amongst poskim as to whether one needs to make a bracha in the morning since one has never taken one's Tzitzit off. We rule one should not make a new bracha on them upon waking up, rather one should exempt them by making a bracha on the Tallit (or listening to someone else make the bracha on the Tallit). Additionally, one should not remove the Tzitzit with the intent of not putting them back on and then put them back on anyway, since according to some that may be causing an unnecessary bracha. [23]

Intent to Not Put Them Back On

  1. If one removes the Tallit with explicit intent not to put it back on for a while or not at all, a new bracha is needed even if one put it back on right away. [24]
    1. If one removes one’s Tallit in order to put on another Tallit and then changes one's mind, a new bracha is needed [25]
    2. If one changes one's Tallit for another a new bracha is needed on the other one, given one did not have that new one in mind when one made the bracha in the morning. [26]
    3. When switching Tzitzit on Friday for Shabbat, if when donning the weekday pair in the morning one had in mind for one's bracha to additionally cover the Shabbat pair, one does not need a new bracha. If one did not have this intent, a new bracha would be needed. If one’s normal practice is to switch into a Shabbat pair, even stam intent is enough to cover that pair, and no new bracha would be required. [27]
    4. If one removed one's Tallit in davening by accident thinking that davening was over, a new bracha is needed when putting it back on. [28]

If the Tallit Was Removed without any Intention

  1. If one removed one's Tallit without any particular intent, it depends on one’s actions as to whether one needs to make a bracha when putting it back on or not:
  • If one was still wearing one’s Tzitzit when one removed the Tallit, no new bracha is made. [29]
  • If one folded the Tallit and put it in it’s case since by that, one displays the fact that one does not plan on putting it back on, a new bracha is needed whe putting it back on. [30]
  • If one folded the Tallit without any intent in middle of davening, no new bracha will be needed. [31]

Sources

  1. ↑ Shulchan Aruch O.C. 8:14, Aruch Hashulchan 8:19 explaining Shulchahn Aruch. Maharil (responsa chadashot 4:3) quotes that the Maharam held that a new bracha is needed even if one had intention to put them back on.
  2. ↑ Rama 8:14 writes that if one removes the Tallit with intent to put it back on one does not make a bracha. This is explained by the achronim based on the language of the Tur who writes that if one intends to put it back on immediately (מיד) then there is no need for a new bracha. This is also the opinion of Mishna Brurah 8:37 and Ezor Yisrael 8:14.
  3. ↑ Shulchan Aruch HaRav 8:24, Mishna Brurah 8:37, Ezor Yisrael 8:14
  4. ↑ *Rav Hershel Schachter (Hilchot Tzitzit min 43), Hilchot Gra Veminhagim 1:17 (pg 20), Netivot Hachaim (3 pg 222), Or Torah (vol 23, 5751 Av, pg 714), and Tzitzit Halacha Pesukah (Rabbi Tzvi Kohen, 8:72 in the note) hold a half hour of removing the Tzitzit requires one to make a new bracha.
    • Rav Shlomo Zalman in Halichot Shlomo 3:7 writes that one should only make a new bracha if the Tzitzit were removed for 3 hours. However, Rav Shlomo Zalman there clarifies in the footnote that this number is not exact. See also Rav Moshe Sternbuch in Teshuvot VeHanhagot 1:32 who writes that one should make a new bracha only after having not worn it for an hour or two and one also left the house or building one was in.
    • Ezor Yisrael (pg 39) writes that if one does a significant activity after having taken off one's Tzitzit one should make a new bracha when putting them back on, but if it is a transitory activity, no new bracha is required. Similarly, Piskei Teshuvot 8:23 concludes that if it is an activity with a defined time limit, then no new bracha is required, however if the activity does not have a definite time limit or one tarries after that activity, a new bracha will be required.
  5. ↑ Sh”t Yabia Omer 8:2(4), Yalkut Yosef (Tzitzit pg 222), Sh”t Or Letzion 2:44(10), Sh”t Otzrot Yosef 1:28
  6. ↑ Sh”t Bear Moshe 6:3(9)
  7. ↑ Magen Avraham 8:18, Mishna Brurah 8:34, 37, Piskei Teshuvot 8:23(6), Ezor Yisrael 8:14, Tzitizit Halacha Pesuka (by Rav Tzvi Kohen) 8:73
  8. ↑ Bet Baruch 12:39, Tzitizit Halacha Pesuka (by Rav Tzvi Kohen) 8:77, Halichot Shlomo (3:7 in the notes), Rav Hershel Schachter (Hilchot Tzitzit min 43). However, Sh”t Rivivot Efraim 5:14 writes that this is a certain hesech hadaat.
  9. ↑ Rabbi Hershel Schachter (Hilchot Tzitzit min 43) as an example
  10. ↑ Mishneh Halachot 15:7 who says that if a person took one's Tallit for an aliyah one does not need to make a new bracha when putting it back on, unless one thought the Tallit would not be returned.
  11. ↑ Sh”t bear Moshe 6:5 and Bet Baruch 12:39 hold that you need a new bracha, while Sh”t Hillel Omer 4 writes that no new bracha is necessary.
  12. ↑ Darkei Moshe 8:6, Mishna Brurah 8:37, Ezor Yisrael 8:14 pg 40
  13. ↑ Halichot Yisrael (Siman 4 pg 20) quotes Rav Gustman as saying that going to the bathroom does not require a new bracha even if takes a half hour.
  14. ↑ Artzot HaChaim (Meir HaAretz) 8:79, Beer Moshe 6:2(5), and seemingly Piskei Teshuvot 8:23.
  15. ↑ Beiur Halacha s.v. VeYesh quotes Artzot HaChaim 8:86 in name of the Kol Eliyahu 2:2 to say that a new bracha is needed for bathing, however, Beiur Halacha writes that the minhag is not to make a new bracha, and concludes that it is better to have in mind not to cover the wearing of Tzitzit after bathing and then one can make the bracha afterwards again. So writes Tzitzit Halacha Pesuka by Rav Tzvi Kohen 8:80.
  16. ↑ Sh”t Tzitz Eliezer 13:4, Sh”t Bear Moshe 6:4(11), Ben Ish Chai Beresheet 10, and Kaf HaChaim 8:56 hold that for bathing which takes a long time one is required to make a new bracha, whereas, tevilah, which is short does not require a new Bracha. See Torat Chaim Sofer 8:23.
  17. ↑ Sharei Teshuva 8:15, Tzitzit by Rav tzvi Kohen 8:80
  18. ↑ Ezor Yisrael pg 40
  19. ↑ Kaf HaChaim 8:56, Sh”t Bear Moshe 6:4(11-2)
  20. ↑ Ezor Yisrael pg 40
  21. ↑ Halichot Yisrael (Siman 4 pg 18-9) quotes Rav Gustman who says that if one took off one's Tallit to make Kiddush before tekiyot shofar on ראש השנה, one should not make a new bracha since one probably intended, according to the common minhag, to put it back on after the kiddish. This is also the opinion of Piskei Teshuvot 8:23(3). [Halichot Yisrael (pg 18) writes that Rav Aharon Kotler once made a new bracha after a short kiddish, however there he gives many explanations for this incident.] See Sh”t Chelkat Yacov 1:105 who writes about a minhag to remove one’s Tallit for a couple of hours in order to go home to make Kiddush and learn before Mussaf, and concludes that since there is a doubt, one should fold one’s Tallit before going home so that one can make a new bracha upon returning. (Tzitzit Halacha Pesuka by Rav Tzvi Kohen 8:72 argues that this would not work since one plans on putting it back on!).
  22. ↑ Mishna Brurah 8:42 records a dispute if one slept during the day without wearing one’s Tzitizit whether a new bracha is needed upon waking up. He suggests to avoid this dispute one should wear them to sleep or have them cover one as one sleeps. Sefer Tzitzit by Rav Tzvi Kohen 8:81 adds that one should remove it to cover oneself without taking them off completely. See, however, Dirshu Edition of Mishna Brurah 8:42 who comments that according to the Mordechai (cited in 18:8) one is only obligated in Tzitzit if they are worn normally, it would not help to cover oneself with the Tzitzit when sleeping. Piskei Teshuvot 8:23(7) writes that if it is only a temporary nap, shinat arraya, such as sleeping on one’s hands, on a bench, or in a unusual position/place(not one's bed), no new bracha is required according to everyone. Thus, one does not need to cover one’s body with the Tzitzit.
  23. ↑ Mishna Brurah 8:42.
  24. ↑ Magen Avraham 8:18, Mishna Brurah 8:37, Sh”t Bear Moshe 6:4(10), Piskei Teshuvot 8:23(4), Ezor Yisrael 8:14
  25. ↑ artzot hachaim, Tzitzit by Rav Tzvi Kohen 8:71
  26. ↑ S”A 8:12 writes that if one wants to wear many pairs of clothing with Tzitzit one must make a bracha on each one unless one had intention to wear all of them, in which case one makes one bracha with all the garments in mind, exmpting them. Mishna Brurah 8:32 explains that if one did not have explicit intention, one must make another bracha for each one. Almost all achronim write this distinction of switching two pairs of Tzitzit (where one surely makes a new bracha) and removing one and replacing it after a while (where there is a dispute as to whether a new bracha is required) including Sh”t Divrei Shmuel 1, Sh”t Teshurat Shai 133, Pri HaSadeh 4:64 (writes regarding Tefillin but references Tallit), Artzot HaChaim, Sh”t Yabia Omer Y”D 3:17(2), Tzitzit Halacha Pesuka (by Rav Tzvi Cohen 8:79), Piskei Teshuvot 8:23(8). See Sh”t Rivovot Efraim 1:23 and Sh”t Bear Moshe 6:4.
  27. ↑ See above note. Leket Kemach Hachadash 73, and Torat Chaim Sofer 23 write explicitly regarding this case that a new bracha should be made. However, Tzitzit Halacha Pesuka (by Rav Tzvi Cohen 8:79 in the footnote) writes that the Chazon Ish did not make a new bracha, and he quotes Rav Chaim Kanievsky who explained that it was because the Chazon Ish did not want to make a bracha on a Tallit Katan.
  28. ↑ Daat Torah, Tzitzit Halacha Pesuka by Rav Tzvi Kohen 8:76
  29. ↑ Mishna Brurah 8:38, Piskei Teshuvot 8:23(5)
  30. ↑ Mishna Brurah 8:38, Piskei Teshuvot 8:23(5)
  31. ↑ Mishna Brurah 8:38.
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