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# One may untangle tzitzit on shabbat, unless they have never been worn before, in which case it would be considered mitaken. <ref> Sh"t Yabia Omer OC 5:3 </ref> | # One may untangle tzitzit on shabbat, unless they have never been worn before, in which case it would be considered mitaken. <ref> Sh"t Yabia Omer OC 5:3 </ref> | ||
==Tuck In or Out== | ==Tuck In or Out== | ||
# Some ashkenazim have the minhag to tuck their strings in and some leave them out. <ref> Mishna Berura 8:26 was strongly against those who wear their tzitzit in and says that by doing so you are disgracing mitzvot and adds that if you received a gift from the king you would surely wear it outside to show off to others. This is the psak of S"A Harav 8:18, and the Magen Avraham 8:13. Aruch HaShulchan OC 8:17, 23:2 says that in many communities in eastern Europe they would took the strings in but he says this isn't really correct. In Nefesh HaRav page 105 Rabbi Herschel Schachter says that some have the minhag to tuck the strings into their pockets or wrap it around the belt. </ref> The sephardi minhag is to wear them tucked in. <ref> Sh"t Yechave Daat 2:1, Sh"t Yaskil Avdi 5:3 and 8:2, Rabbi Shalom Messas in Shemesh U'Magen OC 2:74 | # Some ashkenazim have the minhag to tuck their strings in and some leave them out. <ref> Mishna Berura 8:26 was strongly against those who wear their tzitzit in and says that by doing so you are disgracing mitzvot and adds that if you received a gift from the king you would surely wear it outside to show off to others. This is the psak of S"A Harav 8:18, and the Magen Avraham 8:13. Aruch HaShulchan OC 8:17, 23:2 says that in many communities in eastern Europe they would took the strings in but he says this isn't really correct. In Nefesh HaRav page 105 Rabbi Herschel 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. </ref> The sephardi minhag is to wear them tucked in. <ref> Sh"t Yechave Daat 2:1, Sh"t Yaskil Avdi 5:3 and 8:2, Rabbi Shalom Messas in Shemesh U'Magen OC 2:74. Rav Ovadia in Yechave Daat 2:1 quotes opinions that if a sephardi wears them out he is disrespected the earlier sephardi poskim. Rav Yaakov Hillel writes in Gevurat HaAri page 137 that the strings should be revealed based on the Arizal (Shaar Hakavanot 7c and Olat Tamid 39a). </ref> A sephardic boy can wear his tzitzit out if it will help him with his yirat shamayim or if he is in an ashkenazi yeshiva and feels uncomfortable. <ref> Sh"t Otzrot Yosef 1:27, Sh"t Or Litzion 2:2:2 </ref> | ||
# At a cemetery one must tuck in his strings. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 23:1 </ref> | # At a cemetery one must tuck in his strings. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 23:1 </ref> | ||
===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== | ==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> | # 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> | ||
