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# 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> | # 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”? == | ==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 | # 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 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 | * 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 | ||
* 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 | * [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 | * 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 | * 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> | ## 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== | ==Examples of momentarily== | ||
# 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> | # 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> | ||
