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# Towels are exempt from tzitzit. <ref> Biur Halacha 10: "soder" </ref> | # Towels are exempt from tzitzit. <ref> Biur Halacha 10: "soder" </ref> | ||
# If one wears more than one four-cornered garment they are all obligated in tzitzit but the beracha is only recited on the first one that he puts on. But if one recited the beracha and only had in mind to wear one four-cornered garment and then changed his mind and put on another one, he must recite a new beracha. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 8:12 </ref> | # If one wears more than one four-cornered garment they are all obligated in tzitzit but the beracha is only recited on the first one that he puts on. But if one recited the beracha and only had in mind to wear one four-cornered garment and then changed his mind and put on another one, he must recite a new beracha. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 8:12 </ref> | ||
==Shehecheyanu== | |||
# If one buys a new tallit, a shehecheyanu is recited. <ref> S"A 22:1. </ref> According to Ashkenazim some poskim say to say it after the beracha on the tallit<ref> Mishna Berura 22:3 </ref>, while some say to say it prior to the beracha on the tallit<ref> Baer Heitev 22:2 </ref>. Sephardim should say it after. <ref> Birkei Yosef 22:2. </ref> | |||
# The beracha may be recited as long as someone is still wearing it for his first time. <ref> Halacha Berura 22:7 </ref> | |||
# One should recite the beracha on a new tallit katan if it brings him joy. <ref> Ben Ish Chai Bereishit Halacha 7. </ref> | |||
# If one places new strings on an old garment a shehecheyanu is not recited. <ref> Mishna Berura 22:2, Kaf Hachayim 22:3 </ref> | |||
# One who wears a tallit that has been worn before, even if this is his first time fulfilling the mitzva he doesn't recite a shehecheyanu. <ref> Sh"t Yechave Daat 2:31 </ref> | |||
==Borrowed Tallit== | ==Borrowed Tallit== | ||
# A Tallit which one borrows directly from its owner in order to fulfill the mitzvah of wearing a Tallit, one can recite the beracha, because we assume that the owner gives it as a present on condition that it is returned. However, it's better to avoid this situation. Additionally, if the Tallit is donated to the shul, one may borrow it and make a bracha on it.<ref> Ben Ish Chai Lech Lecha Halacha 5 </ref> | # A Tallit which one borrows directly from its owner in order to fulfill the mitzvah of wearing a Tallit, one can recite the beracha, because we assume that the owner gives it as a present on condition that it is returned. However, it's better to avoid this situation. Additionally, if the Tallit is donated to the shul, one may borrow it and make a bracha on it.<ref> Ben Ish Chai Lech Lecha Halacha 5 </ref> | ||
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===Garment=== | ===Garment=== | ||
# One may wear the tzitzit under his clothes even if it will touch his skin. <ref> Halacha Berura 8:33 </ref> | # One may wear the tzitzit under his clothes even if it will touch his skin. <ref> Halacha Berura 8:33 </ref> | ||
==Sanctity of the tzitzit== | |||
# It is permitted to use the strings and garment of a tallit gadol to make a tallit katan. <ref> Sh"t Otzrot Yosef 1:36 </ref> | |||
# One shouldn't enter the bathroom with his tallit katan if it is on top of his clothing or with his tallit gadol. 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 </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 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> A sephardic boy studying in an ashkenazi yeshiva should continue his minhag to wear a tallit gadol. <ref> Yechave Daat 4:36 </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 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> A sephardic boy studying in an ashkenazi yeshiva should continue his minhag to wear a tallit gadol. <ref> Yechave Daat 4:36 </ref> | ||
