Making a New Bracha on Tzitzit: Difference between revisions

# 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>