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#There is a positive Torah commandment to place Tzitzit strands on each corner of a four cornered garment that one wears.<ref>Bamidbar 15:38; Devarim 22:12, Rambam Sefer Hamitzvot mitzvat aseh 14.</ref> This obligation extends to any garment with at least | #There is a positive Torah commandment to place Tzitzit strands on each corner of a four cornered garment that one wears.<ref>Bamidbar 15:38; Devarim 22:12, Rambam Sefer Hamitzvot mitzvat aseh 14.</ref> This obligation extends to any garment with ''at least'' four corners, for instance, a five or six cornered garment.<ref>Aruch HaShulchan 10:1 </ref> On such garments with more than four corners, one should only attach Tzitzit to four of the corners.<ref>Aruch HaShulchan 10:2 </ref> The corners chosen should be the corners that are the farthest away from each other.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 10:1</ref> However, bedieved, one may make a bracha on the Tzitzit, even if they were not placed at the farthest corners of the garment.<ref>Mishna Brurah 10:5</ref> | ||
#Technically, there is no obligation to wear a four cornered garment in the first place.<ref>Rambam Hilchot Tzitzit 3:11; Tur 24:1; Shulchan Aruch 24:1</ref> Nevertheless, it is certainly proper and correct to observe this important mitzvah by wearing Tzitzit all day.<ref>Rambam Hilchot Tzitzit 3:11; Tur 24:1; Shulchan Aruch 24:1; Rav Ovadya Yosef in Yechave Daat 4:2. See Mordechai ( | #Technically, there is no obligation to wear a four cornered garment in the first place.<ref>Rambam Hilchot Tzitzit 3:11; Tur Orach Chaim 24:1; Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 24:1</ref> Nevertheless, it is certainly proper and correct to observe this important mitzvah by wearing Tzitzit all day.<ref>Rambam Hilchot Tzitzit 3:11; Tur 24:1; Shulchan Aruch 24:1; Rav Ovadya Yosef in Yechave Daat 4:2. See Mordechai (Menachot no. 945) writes that a person should endeavor to obligate oneself in the mitzvah of tzitzit just like Moshe longed to enter Israel in order to fulfill the mitzvot there (see Gemara Sotah 14a). </ref> Additionally, the accepted minhag is to wear Tzitzit and one should not break from this minhag.<ref>Rav Moshe Feinstein in Iggrot Moshe 4:4 </ref> | ||
===People Obligated in Tzitzit=== | ===People Obligated in Tzitzit=== |