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# One should 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> Rambam Hilchot Tzitzit 1:8. Shulchan Aruch 8:9 writes clearly that one must check one's Tzitzit before making the bracha so that one does not make a bracha levatala in case the Tzitzit were ripped. Mishna Brurah 8:21 adds that there is also a need to check the strings close to the Tallit before the knots. Yalkut Yosef (Hilchot Tzitzit pg 80) writes that the minhag is to be lenient as this halacha is only a midat chasidut not to | # One should 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> Rambam Hilchot Tzitzit 1:8. Shulchan Aruch 8:9 writes clearly that one must check one's Tzitzit before making the bracha so that one does not make a bracha levatala in case the Tzitzit were ripped. Mishna Brurah 8:21 adds that there is also a need to check the strings close to the Tallit before the knots. Yalkut Yosef (Hilchot Tzitzit pg 80) writes that the minhag is to be lenient as this halacha is only a midat chasidut. One may rely on the fact that the Tzitzit were kosher the last time they were worn, though it is good to check anyway in order not to run the risk of making a bracha levatalla, Yalkut Yosef does not consider it an obligation. </ref> | ||
# One can check the Tzitziyot before putting one's Tallit back in it's case/bag and then does 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 one's Tallit back in it's case/bag and then does not have to check again in the morning before making the bracha. <ref> Mishna Brurah 8:22, Yalkut Yosef (Hilchot Tzitzit pg 84) </ref> | ||
# If checking the Tzitzit will cause somebody to be late to davening, one may assume that they are kosher and make a bracha. <ref> Sh"t Otzrot Yosef 1:26 </ref> | # If checking the Tzitzit will cause somebody to be late to davening, one may assume that they are kosher and make a bracha. <ref> Sh"t Otzrot Yosef 1:26 </ref> | ||
