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# One may remove strings from one pair of Tzitzit in order to be put onto another pair of Tzitzit, however, one may not remove the strings from a pair of Tzitzit if it is not going to be used. <ref>Tosfot ([[Shabbat]] 22a s.v. 22a), S"A 15:1</ref>
# One may remove strings from one pair of Tzitzit in order to be put onto another pair of Tzitzit, however, one may not remove the strings from a pair of Tzitzit if it is not going to be used. <ref>Tosfot ([[Shabbat]] 22a s.v. 22a), S"A 15:1</ref>
# It is permitted to use the strings and garment of a tallit gadol to make a tallit katan. <ref> Mishna Brurah 15:1, Sh"t Otzrot Yosef 1:36 </ref>
# It is permitted to use the strings and garment of a tallit gadol to make a tallit katan. <ref> Mishna Brurah 15:1, Sh"t Otzrot Yosef 1:36 </ref>
# One may enter the bathroom while wearing tzitzit. <ref> Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Tzitzit, 3:9; Tur, Orach Chaim, Siman 21 </ref>
# One should not enter the bathroom with his tallit gadol. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 21:3, Chayei Adam 11:37, Mishnah Berura 21:14, S"A Harav 21:3. </ref>
# One should not enter the bathroom with his tallit gadol. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 21:3, Chayei Adam 11:37, Mishnah Berura 21:14, S"A Harav 21:3. </ref>
# One shouldn't enter the bathroom with his tallit katan if it is on top of his clothing. It is permitted to enter with the tallit katan under his clothing. <ref> S"A 21:3, Kaf Hachayim 21:13. </ref>
# One shouldn't enter the bathroom with his tallit katan if it is on top of his clothing. It is permitted to enter with the tallit katan under his clothing. <ref> S"A 21:3, Kaf Hachayim 21:13. </ref>
# One should try to prevent his strings from touching the ground. <ref> S"A 21:4, Baer Heitev 21:5, Shaare Teshuva 21:5, S"A Harav 21:5 </ref>
# One should try to prevent his strings from touching the ground. <ref> S"A 21:4, Baer Heitev 21:5, Shaare [[Teshuva]] 21:5, S"A Harav 21:5 </ref>
==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 most 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> However in Western-European communities the minhag is to wear it after the child's bar-mitzvah. <ref>The Piskei Teshuvot 8:10 writes that the minhag of not wearing a tallit before [[marriage]] spread in Eastern Europe including Lithuania and Poland, however, in Western Europe, specifically Hungry, the minhag wasn't very accepted. See Mishna Brurah 17:10 who questions the Maharil simply because he doesn't understand why someone who isn't yet married shouldn't fulfill the mitzvah of tzitzit.</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 most 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> However in Western-European communities the minhag is to wear it after the child's bar-mitzvah. <ref>The Piskei Teshuvot 8:10 writes that the minhag of not wearing a tallit before [[marriage]] spread in Eastern Europe including Lithuania and Poland, however, in Western Europe, specifically Hungry, the minhag wasn't very accepted. See Mishna Brurah 17:10 who questions the Maharil simply because he doesn't understand why someone who isn't yet married shouldn't fulfill the mitzvah of tzitzit.</ref>