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== Number of Knots == | == Number of Knots == | ||
# Rava states that after each chuliya (group of at least 3 windings) it is necessary to have a knot.<ref>Menachot 38b</ref> It is accepted and codified by the rishonim and poskim.<ref>The statement of Rava is codified as the halacha by Tosfot (Menachot 39a s.v. lo), Rosh (Hilchot Tzitzit n. 15), Mordechai (Menachot 38b s.v. amar rava), Eshkol (Hilchot Tzitzit 79a), Baal Haitur (Hilchot Tzitzit 68c), Rabbenu Yerucham (19:3, 169b), Bet Yosef 11:14, Prisha 11:21. Tosfot and Rosh write that nowadays we're not careful about following Rava since we don't have techelet. But they clearly imply for someone trying to tie tzitzit with techelet they should follow Rava. </ref> Even though Rambam doesn't quote this statement, Rav Yosef Karo, author of Shulchan Aruch, writes that they agree to it.<ref>Bet Yosef 11:14</ref> This contention is supported by the Rambam's words in a letter.<ref>Teshuvat Harambam | # Rava states that after each chuliya (group of at least 3 windings) it is necessary to have a knot.<ref>Menachot 38b</ref> It is accepted and codified by the rishonim and poskim.<ref>The statement of Rava is codified as the halacha by Tosfot (Menachot 39a s.v. lo), Rosh (Hilchot Tzitzit n. 15), Mordechai (Menachot 38b s.v. amar rava), Eshkol (Hilchot Tzitzit 79a), Baal Haitur (Hilchot Tzitzit 68c), Rabbenu Yerucham (19:3, 169b), Bet Yosef 11:14, Prisha 11:21. Tosfot and Rosh write that nowadays we're not careful about following Rava since we don't have techelet. But they clearly imply for someone trying to tie tzitzit with techelet they should follow Rava. </ref> Even though Rambam doesn't quote this statement, Rav Yosef Karo, author of Shulchan Aruch, writes that they agree to it.<ref>Bet Yosef 11:14</ref> This contention is supported by the Rambam's words in a letter.<ref>Teshuvat Harambam 138</ref> | ||
==If the Strings Ripped== | ==If the Strings Ripped== | ||
