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===How to Put on the Tallit=== | ===How to Put on the Tallit=== | ||
#One should unfold the Tallit before making the bracha so that there will not be any interruption between the bracha and wrapping onself in the garment.<ref>Kaf Hachayim 206:4 </ref> If one made an interruption before placing the Tallit on one's head, one should recite a new bracha, but if the interruption occurred only after placing it on one's head one does not recite a new bracha.<ref>Kaf Hachayim 8:39. He adds that if one hears [[kaddish]], [[kedusha]], or anything else that one would be required to answer to, one is permitted to do so. </ref> | #One should unfold the Tallit before making the bracha so that there will not be any interruption between the bracha and wrapping onself in the garment.<ref>Kaf Hachayim 206:4 </ref> If one made an interruption before placing the Tallit on one's head, one should recite a new bracha, but if the interruption occurred only after placing it on one's head one does not recite a new bracha.<ref>Kaf Hachayim 8:39. He adds that if one hears [[kaddish]], [[kedusha]], or anything else that one would be required to answer to, one is permitted to do so. </ref> | ||
#The bracha and the wrapping of the Tallit Gadol should be done standing up.<ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 8:1, Mishna Brurah 8:2 </ref> If one is weak or sick one can recite the bracha and wrap oneself in it while seated.<ref>Halacha Brurah 8:3 | #The bracha and the wrapping of the Tallit Gadol should be done standing up.<ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 8:1, Mishna Brurah 8:2, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch Yalkut Yosef 8:16</ref> One who recites the bracha or wrapping while sitting has fulfilled his obligation.<ref>Mishna Brurah 8:2, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch Yalkut Yosef 8:17 </ref> If one is weak or sick one can recite the bracha and wrap oneself in it while seated.<ref>Halacha Brurah 8:3 </ref> | ||
#The bracha should be recited before wrapping oneself in the Tallit Gadol, but if one forgot one may recite it as long as it is still on one.<ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 8:10 </ref> | #The bracha should be recited before wrapping oneself in the Tallit Gadol, but if one forgot one may recite it as long as it is still on one.<ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 8:10 </ref> | ||
===Text of the Bracha=== | |||
#The bracha for a Tallit Gadol is ''"LeHitatef BeTzitzit"''.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 8:6 writes that for a Tzitzit one can say LeHitatef BeTzitzit, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch Yalkut Yosef 8:13 </ref> If one mistakenly recited ''"al mitzvat tzitzit"'' on tallit gadol he has nevertheless fulfilled his obligation.<ref>Kaf Hachayim 8:21, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch Yalkut Yosef 8:14 </ref> | |||
#For a pair of Tzitzit, according to Ashkenazim, the bracha is "Al Mitzvat Tzitzit", while according to Sephardim, if one puts on the Tzitzit regularly the bracha is "Al Mitzvat Tzitzit", but if one wraps one's head with the Tzitzit, one should make "LeHitatef BeTzitzit".<ref>Shulchan Aruch 8:6 writes that for Tzitzit one can say "LeHitatef BeTzitzit". Rama argues that for Tzitzit one should say "Al Mitzvat Tzitzit". Ben Ish Chai (Beresheet #6) and Kaf HaChaim 8:27 write that if one puts on the Tzitzit regularly the bracha is "Al Mitzvat Tzitzit", but if one wraps one's head with the Tzitzit, one should make "LeHitatef BeTzitzit". Ben Ish Chai Bereishit halacha 2 notes that the Sephardi minhag is not to recite the bracha upon tzitzit and instead exempt it with the bracha upon the tallit.</ref> | |||
#The text of the bracha of "LeHitatef BeTzitzit" is: '''ברוך אתה ה' אלוקינו מלך העולם אשר קדשנו במצותיו וצונו להתעטף בציצת''' - Baruch Atta Hashem Elokeinu Melech HaOlam Asher Kideshanu BeMitzvotav VeTziyvanu LeHitatef BeTzitzit. | |||
#The text of the bracha of "Al Mitzvat Tzitzit" is: '''ברוך אתה ה' אלוקינו מלך העולם אשר קדשנו במצותיו וצונו על מצות ציצת''' - Baruch Atta Hashem Elokeinu Melech HaOlam Asher Kideshanu BeMitzvotav VeTziyvanu Al Mitzvat Tzitzit. | |||
===How the Tallit is Worn=== | ===How the Tallit is Worn=== | ||
#One should wear the Tallit with two corners in front and two in the back so that one is surrounded by mitzvot. <ref>Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim, 8:4 </ref> | #One should wear the Tallit with two corners in front and two in the back so that one is surrounded by mitzvot. <ref>Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim, 8:4 </ref> | ||
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===Pesukim on the Tallit=== | ===Pesukim on the Tallit=== | ||
#One should not write a pasuk or the bracha on one's Tallit Gadol<ref>Shulchan Aruch YD 283:4. [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=23523&st=&pgnum=32 Rambam Sh"t Pe'er Hador 7] writes that it is a sin to embroider a pasuk on a talit and if one does it should be torn and put in [[geniza]]. He gives three reasons: 1) It is forbidden to write a pasuk without writing the whole parsha. 2) Since it is permitted to bring a tallit into a bathroom or use it to cover something dirty you might use this tallit but since it has a pasuk on it it is forbidden. 3) It isn't the [[minhag]]. Furthermore, it is an inappropriate use of Ketav Ashurit.</ref>, but one may keep the Tallit if one got one that had the [[bracha]] or pasuk on it, but should be more careful with it.<ref>Kaf Hachayim 24:24 </ref> | #One should not write a pasuk or the bracha on one's Tallit Gadol<ref>Shulchan Aruch YD 283:4. [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=23523&st=&pgnum=32 Rambam Sh"t Pe'er Hador 7] writes that it is a sin to embroider a pasuk on a talit and if one does it should be torn and put in [[geniza]]. He gives three reasons: 1) It is forbidden to write a pasuk without writing the whole parsha. 2) Since it is permitted to bring a tallit into a bathroom or use it to cover something dirty you might use this tallit but since it has a pasuk on it it is forbidden. 3) It isn't the [[minhag]]. Furthermore, it is an inappropriate use of Ketav Ashurit.</ref>, but one may keep the Tallit if one got one that had the [[bracha]] or pasuk on it, but should be more careful with it.<ref>Kaf Hachayim 24:24 </ref> | ||
==Laws regarding the Bracha on Tzitzit== | ==Laws regarding the Bracha on Tzitzit== | ||
