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===Tuck In or Out=== | ===Tuck In or Out=== | ||
====Strings==== | ====Strings==== | ||
#Some Ashkenazim have the minhag to tuck their strings in and | # Some Ashkenazim have the minhag to tuck their strings in and others leave them out.<ref>Mishna Brurah 8:26 was strongly against those who wear their Tzitzit in and says that by doing so you are disgracing mitzvot. He adds that if you received a gift from the king you would surely wear it outside to show it off to others. He also says that tucking them out fulfills the pasuk of "u'ritem oto". This is the psak of Shulchan Aruch Harav 8:18 and the Magen Avraham 8:13 based on the Tosafot [[Brachot]] 18a which allows for tucking them in on a dead person because they do no longer have to fulfill "u'ritem oto" if they cannot be seen. Magen Avraham says this implies that they should normally be out and to at least leave them untucked for the time that it takes to walk four [[amot]]. Aruch HaShulchan OC 8:17, 23:2 mentions that in many communities in eastern Europe they would tuck the strings in and he says that this was an incorrect practice. In Nefesh HaRav page 105, Rabbi Hershel Schachter says that some have the minhag to tuck the strings into their pockets or wrap it around the belt and this was the minhag of Rav Chaim Soloveitchik. Tzitz Eliezer 8:3 says that whatever you do is fine. Rav Sraya Deblitsky is quoted as reporting that in pre-Mishna Berurah Europe, even Ashkenazim commonly kept their Tzitzit tucked in.</ref> | ||
# The tradition in all Sephardic land for generations has been to wear them tucked in.<ref>Sh"t Yaskil Avdi 5:3 and 8:2, Sh"t Yechave Daat 2:1, Ohr LeTzion 2:2:2, Yabia Omer (vol. 9 Orach Chaim 18:18), Rabbi Shalom Messas in Shemesh U'Magen OC 2:74, Nahagu Ha'am (Tzitzit, 4), Yalkut Yosef (Orach Chaim 8:42-44), Magen Avot (Orach Chaim 8:11). Rav Ovadia and Rav Ben Tzion Abba Shaul report from Rav Ezra Attiah that if a Sephardi wears them out he is disrespecting the earlier Sephardi poskim.<br> | # The tradition in all Sephardic land for generations has been to wear them tucked in.<ref>Sh"t Yaskil Avdi 5:3 and 8:2, Sh"t Yechave Daat 2:1, Ohr LeTzion 2:2:2, Yabia Omer (vol. 9 Orach Chaim 18:18), Rabbi Shalom Messas in Shemesh U'Magen OC 2:74, Nahagu Ha'am (Tzitzit, 4), Yalkut Yosef (Orach Chaim 8:42-44), Magen Avot (Orach Chaim 8:11). Rav Ovadia and Rav Ben Tzion Abba Shaul report from Rav Ezra Attiah that if a Sephardi wears them out he is disrespecting the earlier Sephardi poskim.<br> | ||
On the other hand, Rav Yaakov Hillel writes (Vayashov HaYam 1:3, Gevurat HaAri page 137) that the strings should be revealed based on the Arizal (Shaar Hakavanot 7c and Olat Tamid 39a). See Yalkut Yosef (Orach Chaim 8 fn. 42 s.v. vezeh shanim). Rav Ovadia's grandson, Rav Ovadia ben Yaakov Yosef argues that the Arizal does indeed mean they should be out as Rav Hillel understood him, but only when one is fulfilling the Mitzvah in the fullest manner, i.e. with tekhelet ([https://thelibrary.tekhelet.com/uploads/Kuntreis-2019.pdf Vehaya Lachem LeTzitzit 2019 pp. 21]).</ref> | On the other hand, Rav Yaakov Hillel writes (Vayashov HaYam 1:3, Gevurat HaAri page 137) that the strings should be revealed based on the Arizal (Shaar Hakavanot 7c and Olat Tamid 39a). See Yalkut Yosef (Orach Chaim 8 fn. 42 s.v. vezeh shanim). Rav Ovadia's grandson, Rav Ovadia ben Yaakov Yosef argues that the Arizal does indeed mean they should be out as Rav Hillel understood him, but only when one is fulfilling the Mitzvah in the fullest manner, i.e. with tekhelet ([https://thelibrary.tekhelet.com/uploads/Kuntreis-2019.pdf Vehaya Lachem LeTzitzit 2019 pp. 21]).</ref> | ||
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# | # Although some hold that the Tallit Katan should be worn above one's clothing, the more common practice is to wear it underneath one's outer garments. <ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 8:11 writes that the tzitzit should be worn on top of one's garments because they should be seen in fulfill of the pasuk "וראיתם אותו" (Bamidbar 15:39). Mishna Brurah 8:25 cites the Arizal, however, who says that it should be worn under one's outer garments. Yechave Daat 2:1, Ohr Letzion 2:2:2, Shemesh U'Magen OC 2:74 all agree. </ref> | ||
# Regarding wearing the garment on one's skin or on top of an undershirt see [[#T-Shirt Tzitzit]]. | # Regarding wearing the garment on one's skin or on top of an undershirt see [[#T-Shirt Tzitzit]]. | ||
