Making a New Bracha on Tzitzit: Difference between revisions

# 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>  

# 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> S”A HaRav 8:24, Mishna Brurah 8:37, Ezor Yisrael 8:14 </ref>

# 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.