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#One should unfold the Tallit before making the bracha so that there will not be any interruption between the bracha and wrapping onself in the garment.<ref>Kaf Hachayim 206:4 </ref> If one made an interruption before placing the Tallit on one's head, one should recite a new bracha, but if the interruption occurred only after placing it on one's head one does not recite a new bracha.<ref>Kaf Hachayim 8:39. He adds that if one hears [[kaddish]], [[kedusha]], or anything else that one would be required to answer to, one is permitted to do so. </ref> | #One should unfold the Tallit before making the bracha so that there will not be any interruption between the bracha and wrapping onself in the garment.<ref>Kaf Hachayim 206:4 </ref> If one made an interruption before placing the Tallit on one's head, one should recite a new bracha, but if the interruption occurred only after placing it on one's head one does not recite a new bracha.<ref>Kaf Hachayim 8:39. He adds that if one hears [[kaddish]], [[kedusha]], or anything else that one would be required to answer to, one is permitted to do so. </ref> | ||
# It is commendable to kiss the tzitzit before unfolding the Tallit Gadol to demonstrate one's love for the mitzva.<Ref> Yalkut Yosef She'erit Yosef 1:8:22 </ref> | |||
# Before reciting the beracha, one should gaze at the strings momentarily.<Ref> Shulchan Aruch 24:3, Mishna Berura 24:6, Kaf Hachaim 24:10 in fulfillment of the pasuk וראיתם אותו </ref> | |||
===How the Head is Wrapped=== | ===How the Head is Wrapped=== |