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# 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== | ==Shehecheyanu== | ||
# If one buys a new tallit, a shehecheyanu is recited. <ref> S"A 22:1 | # If one buys a new tallit, a shehecheyanu is recited. <ref> S"A 22:1, Kitzur S''A of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 9, the proper time for tzitzit and who is obligated, seif 5 </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> | # The beracha may be recited as long as someone is still wearing it for his first time. <ref> Halacha Berura 22:7, Kitzur S''A of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 9, the proper time for tzitzit and who is obligated, seif 5 </ref> | ||
# One should recite the beracha on a new tallit katan if it brings him joy. <ref> Ben Ish Chai Bereishit Halacha 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> | # 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> | # 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> | ||
# Shehecheyanu should not be recited if one acquired a new talit katan. <ref> Kitzur S''A of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 9, the proper time for tzitzit and who is obligated, seif 6 </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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===Strings=== | ===Strings=== | ||
# 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. He also says that tucking them out fulfills the pasuk of "u'riitem oto." This is the psak of S"A Harav 8:18, and the Magen Avraham 8:13 based on the Tosafot Berachot 18a which allows for tucking them in on for a dead person because they don’t have to fulfill "uritem oto" if they cannot see. Magen Avraham says this implies that they should normally be out. He says to at least least leave them tucked out for long enough for the time that it takes to walk four amot. 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> | # 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. He also says that tucking them out fulfills the pasuk of "u'riitem oto." This is the psak of S"A Harav 8:18, and the Magen Avraham 8:13 based on the Tosafot Berachot 18a which allows for tucking them in on for a dead person because they don’t have to fulfill "uritem oto" if they cannot see. Magen Avraham says this implies that they should normally be out. He says to at least least leave them tucked out for long enough for the time that it takes to walk four amot. 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, Kitzur S''A of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 9, laws of tzitzit in a cemetary, seif 1 </ref> | ||
===Garment=== | ===Garment=== | ||
# One may wear the tzitzit under his clothes even if it will touch his skin. <ref> Halacha Berura 8:33. Sh"t Rivevot Efraim 4:15 quotes several achronim however who hold that it may be a disgrace to the tzitzit to sweat into them directly, and himself allows being lenient on a hot day. Halichot Shlomo 3:11 says that this would not be a disgrace at all. Sh"t Teshuvot Vihanhagot 1:25 says if you wear them specifically as an undershirt to stop the sweat from wetting your shirt than he's unsure if it would even be obligated in tzitzit, so one should try to refrain from this. </ref> | # One may wear the tzitzit under his clothes even if it will touch his skin. <ref> Halacha Berura 8:33. Sh"t Rivevot Efraim 4:15 quotes several achronim however who hold that it may be a disgrace to the tzitzit to sweat into them directly, and himself allows being lenient on a hot day. Halichot Shlomo 3:11 says that this would not be a disgrace at all. Sh"t Teshuvot Vihanhagot 1:25 says if you wear them specifically as an undershirt to stop the sweat from wetting your shirt than he's unsure if it would even be obligated in tzitzit, so one should try to refrain from this. </ref> | ||
