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== Source of Requirement ==
== Source of Requirement ==
# There is a positive Torah commandment to place Tzitzit strands on a four cornered garment that one wears. <ref>Bamidbar 15:38; Devarim 22:12, Rambam Sefer Hamitzvot mitzvat aseh 14.</ref>
# There is a positive Torah commandment to place Tzitzit strands on a four cornered garment that one wears. <ref> Bamidbar 15:38; Devarim 22:12, Rambam Sefer Hamitzvot mitzvat aseh 14.</ref>
# There is, however, no obligation to wear such a garment in the first place.<ref>Rambam Hilchot Tzizit 3:11; Tur 24:1; Shulchan Aruch 24:1</ref> Nevertheless, our Rabbis have strongly promoted the observance of this relatively simple Mitzvah since it comes with great reward.<ref>Rambam Hilchot Tzizit 3:11; Tur 24:1; Shulchan Aruch 24:1; Rav Moshe Feinstein in Igres Moshe 4:4; Rav Ovadya Yosef in Yechaveh Daat 4:2</ref>
# There is, however, no obligation to wear such a garment in the first place.<ref>Rambam Hilchot Tzizit 3:11; Tur 24:1; Shulchan Aruch 24:1</ref> Nevertheless, our Rabbis have strongly promoted the observance of this relatively simple Mitzvah since it comes with great reward.<ref>Rambam Hilchot Tzizit 3:11; Tur 24:1; Shulchan Aruch 24:1; Rav Moshe Feinstein in Igres Moshe 4:4; Rav Ovadya Yosef in Yechaveh Daat 4:2</ref>


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==Tallit Gadol==
==Tallit Gadol==
# The minhag for sephardim is to start wearing a tallit gadol from the age of chinuch in mitzvot. <ref> Kaf Hachayim 8:12, Yechave Daat 4:36. Halacha Berura 17:3 says that this age begins once the child can participate in the prayers in the shul. </ref> The minhag for ashkenazim is not to wear one until one gets married. <ref> Keztot Hashulchan 7:7, Eliya Rabba 17:3, Tashbetz Katan 462 based on a Maharil in Hilchot Nisuin. </ref> A sephardic boy studying in an ashkenazi yeshiva should continue his minhag to wear a tallit gadol. <ref> Yechave Daat 4:36 </ref>  
# The minhag for sephardim is to start wearing a tallit gadol from the age of chinuch in mitzvot. <ref> Kaf Hachayim 8:12, Yechave Daat 4:36. Halacha Berura 17:3 says that this age begins once the child can participate in the prayers in the shul. </ref> The minhag for ashkenazim is not to wear one until one gets married. <ref> Keztot Hashulchan 7:7, Eliya Rabba 17:3, Tashbetz Katan 462 based on a Maharil in Hilchot Nisuin. </ref> A sephardic boy studying in an ashkenazi yeshiva should continue his minhag to wear a tallit gadol. <ref> Yechave Daat 4:36 </ref>  
# One should unfold the tallit before making the beracha so that there won't be any interruption between the beracha and the wrapping. <ref> Kaf Hachayim 206:4 </ref> If one made an interruption before placing the tallit on his head, he should recite a new beracha, but if he interrupted only after placing it on his head he doesn't recite a new beracha. <ref> Kaf Hachayim 8:39. He adds that if one hears kaddish, kedusha, or anything else that he would be required to answer to, he is permitted to do so. </ref>
# The beracha should be recited before wrapping oneself in the tallit gadol, but if he forgot he can recite it as long as it is still on him. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 8:10 </ref> 
# One shouldn't write a pasuk or the beracha on his tallit gadol <ref> Shulchan Aruch YD 283:4, Rambam Sh"t Pe'er Hador 7 </ref> , but he may keep the tallit if he did get one but should be more careful with it. <ref> Kaf Hachayim 24:24 </ref>
# One shouldn't write a pasuk or the beracha on his tallit gadol <ref> Shulchan Aruch YD 283:4, Rambam Sh"t Pe'er Hador 7 </ref> , but he may keep the tallit if he did get one but should be more careful with it. <ref> Kaf Hachayim 24:24 </ref>
# The beracha and the wrapping of the tallit gadol should be done standing up. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 8:1 </ref> If one is weak or sick he can recite the beracha and wrap himself in it while seated. <ref> Halacha Berura 8:3 </ref>
# If one removes his tallit and plans to put it back on within a half an hour, he does not recite a new beracha when putting it back on. <ref> Sh"t Yabia Omer 8:2, Kaf Hachayim 8:52, 56. </ref>
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