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== Tzitzit strings == | == Tzitzit strings == | ||
# One should not cut Tzitzit with a knife however it’s permissible to rip it one’s teeth. <Ref> Yalkut Yosef (Sherit Yosef vol 1 pg 205; Kitzur S”A 8:14) </ref> | # One should not cut Tzitzit with a knife however it’s permissible to rip it one’s teeth. <Ref> Yalkut Yosef (Sherit Yosef vol 1 pg 205; Kitzur S”A 8:14) </ref> | ||
# One must check one's tzitzit (the strings from the edge until the knots and the strings after the knots) daily before making a bracha on them. <ref> S"A 8:9 writes clearly that one must check one's tzitzit before making the bracha so that one doesn't make a bracha levatala in case the tzitzit are ripped. Mishna Brurah 8:21 adds that there's also a need to check the strings close to the talit before the knots. Yalkut Yosef (Hilchot Tzitzit pg 80) | # One must check one's tzitzit (the strings from the edge until the knots and the strings after the knots) daily before making a bracha on them. <ref> S"A 8:9 writes clearly that one must check one's tzitzit before making the bracha so that one doesn't make a bracha levatala in case the tzitzit are ripped. Mishna Brurah 8:21 adds that there's also a need to check the strings close to the talit before the knots. Yalkut Yosef (Hilchot Tzitzit pg 80) and Sh"T otzrot Yosef 1:26 write that the minhag is to be lenient as this halacha is only a midat chasidut not to make a bracha levatala. </ref> | ||
# One shouldn't miss Tefillah Betzibuur because of this checking as long as knows the strings were complete yesterday. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 8:22, Yalkut Yosef (Hilchot Tzitzit pg 84)</ref> | # One shouldn't miss Tefillah Betzibuur because of this checking as long as knows the strings were complete yesterday. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 8:22, Yalkut Yosef (Hilchot Tzitzit pg 84)</ref> | ||
# One can check the tzitziyot before putting it its case/bag and not have to check again in the morning before making the bracha. <ref> Mishna Brurah 8:22, Yalkut Yosef (Hilchot Tzitzit pg 84) </ref> | # One can check the tzitziyot before putting it its case/bag and not have to check again in the morning before making the bracha. <ref> Mishna Brurah 8:22, Yalkut Yosef (Hilchot Tzitzit pg 84) </ref> | ||
# One should separate the strings of the Tzitzit before making the bracha, however if one's late to shul, one doesn't have to. <Ref> S”A 8:7, Buir Halacha D"H Tzarich writes that surely it's preferable to seperate the tzitziyot before making the bracha because the Gra considers this a certain obligation. However, Mishna Brurah 8:18 writes that if one's late to shul one doesn't have to seperate the strings. </ref> | # One should separate the strings of the Tzitzit before making the bracha, however if one's late to shul, one doesn't have to. <Ref> S”A 8:7, Buir Halacha D"H Tzarich writes that surely it's preferable to seperate the tzitziyot before making the bracha because the Gra considers this a certain obligation. However, Mishna Brurah 8:18 writes that if one's late to shul one doesn't have to seperate the strings. </ref> | ||
== Size Requirements == | == Size Requirements == | ||
