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# One should wear the Tallit with two corners in front and two in the back so that one is surrounded by mitzvot. <ref> Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim, 8:4 </ref>
# One should wear the Tallit with two corners in front and two in the back so that one is surrounded by mitzvot. <ref> Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim, 8:4 </ref>


==Text of Bracha==
==Text of the Bracha==
# The Bracha for a Tallit Gadol is LeHitatef BeTzitzit. <ref>Shulchan Aruch 8:6 writes that for a Tzitzit one can say LeHitatef BeTzitzit.</ref>
# The bracha for a Tallit Gadol is "LeHitatef BeTzitzit". <ref>Shulchan Aruch 8:6 writes that for a Tzitzit one can say LeHitatef BeTzitzit.</ref>
# For a pair of Tzitzit, according to Ashkenazim, the Bracha is Al Mitzvat Tzitzit, while according to Sephardim, if one puts on the Tzitzit regularly the Bracha is Al Mitzvat Tzitzit, but if one wraps one's head with the Tzitzit, one should make LeHitatef BeTzitzit.<Ref>Shulchan Aruch 8:6 writes that for a Tzitzit one can say LeHitatef BeTzitzit. Rama argues that for Tzitzit one should say Al Mitzvat Tzitzit. Ben Ish Chai (Beresheet #6) and Kaf HaChaim 8:27 write that if one puts on the Tzitzit regularly the Bracha is Al Mitzvat Tzitzit, but if one wraps one's head with the Tzitzit, one should make LeHitatef BeTzitzit.</ref>
# For a pair of Tzitzit, according to Ashkenazim, the bracha is "Al Mitzvat Tzitzit", while according to Sephardim, if one puts on the Tzitzit regularly the bracha is "Al Mitzvat Tzitzit", but if one wraps one's head with the Tzitzit, one should make "LeHitatef BeTzitzit".<Ref>Shulchan Aruch 8:6 writes that for Tzitzit one can say "LeHitatef BeTzitzit". Rama argues that for Tzitzit one should say "Al Mitzvat Tzitzit". Ben Ish Chai (Beresheet #6) and Kaf HaChaim 8:27 write that if one puts on the Tzitzit regularly the bracha is "Al Mitzvat Tzitzit", but if one wraps one's head with the Tzitzit, one should make "LeHitatef BeTzitzit".</ref>
# The text of the bracha of LeHitatef BeTzitzit is: ברוך אתה ה' אלוקינו מלך העולם אשר קדשנו במצותיו וצונו להתעטף בציצת - Baruch Atta Hashem Elokeinu Melech HaOlam Asher Kideshanu BeMitzvotav VeTziyvanu LeHitatef BeTzitzit.  
# The text of the bracha of "LeHitatef BeTzitzit" is: ברוך אתה ה' אלוקינו מלך העולם אשר קדשנו במצותיו וצונו להתעטף בציצת - Baruch Atta Hashem Elokeinu Melech HaOlam Asher Kideshanu BeMitzvotav VeTziyvanu LeHitatef BeTzitzit.  
# The text of the bracha of Al Mitzvat Tzitzit is: ברוך אתה ה' אלוקינו מלך העולם אשר קדשנו במצותיו וצונו על מצות ציצת - Baruch Atta Hashem Elokeinu Melech HaOlam Asher Kideshanu BeMitzvotav VeTziyvanu Al Mitzvat Tzitzit.
# The text of the bracha of "Al Mitzvat Tzitzit" is: ברוך אתה ה' אלוקינו מלך העולם אשר קדשנו במצותיו וצונו על מצות ציצת - Baruch Atta Hashem Elokeinu Melech HaOlam Asher Kideshanu BeMitzvotav VeTziyvanu Al Mitzvat Tzitzit.
 
==Laws regarding the Bracha on Tzitzit==
==Laws regarding the Bracha on Tzitzit==
# One should recite the bracha just before putting on the Tzitzit.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 8:1</ref>
# One should recite the bracha just before putting on the Tzitzit.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 8:1</ref>