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# One may insert the strings of the Tzitzit into pockets, which are then closed for their protection while they are being laundered. <ref> Sh"t Rivivot Ephraim 1:23:5 </ref> | # One may insert the strings of the Tzitzit into pockets, which are then closed for their protection while they are being laundered. <ref> Sh"t Rivivot Ephraim 1:23:5 </ref> | ||
==Sanctity of the | ==Sanctity of the Tzitzit== | ||
# 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 | # One may remove strings from one pair of Tzitzit in order to be put them onto another pair of Tzitzit, however, one may not remove the strings from a pair of Tzitzit if they are not going to be used. <ref>Tosfot ([[Shabbat]] 22a s.v. 22a), Shulchan Aruch 15:1</ref> | ||
# The Tur holds that it is permissible to use | # The Tur holds that it is permissible to use Tzitzit for any purpose even if the Tzitzit are still intact, however, the Sheiltut disagrees and holds that it is only permissible to use Tzitzit for other purposes if the Tzitzit are no longer intact. <ref> Tur, Orach Chaim, Siman 21 </ref> | ||
# It is permitted to use the strings and garment of a | # 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 | # 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 | # One should not enter the bathroom with one's Tallit Gadol. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 21:3, Chayei Adam 11:37, Mishna Brurah 21:14, Shulchan Aruch Harav 21:3. </ref> | ||
# One | # One should not enter the bathroom with one's Tallit Katan if it is on top of one's clothing. It is permitted to enter a bathroom with the Tallit Katan under one's clothing. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 21:3, Kaf Hachayim 21:13. </ref> | ||
# One should try to prevent | # One should try to prevent one's strings from touching the ground. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 21:4, Baer Heitev 21:5, Shaare [[Teshuva]] 21:5, Shulchan Aruch Harav 21:5 </ref> | ||
# If | # If Tzitzit fringes broke, it is permissible to throw them into the garbage because Tzitzit do not have intrinsic holiness. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 21:1 </ref> | ||
# As long as the | # As long as the Tzitzit fringes are still attached, it is prohibited to use them for one's own benefit. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 21:1 </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> | ||
