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# The obligation applies to all Jewish men age 13 and older.<ref>Mishna Brurah 17:10</ref> | # The obligation applies to all Jewish men age 13 and older.<ref>Mishna Brurah 17:10</ref> | ||
# A blind man is equally obligated, and should recite a bracha.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 17:1</ref> It would be best for him to first feel and check the validity of his Tzitzit or ask someone else to confirm it for him.<ref>Mishna Brurah 17:1</ref> | # A blind man is equally obligated, and should recite a bracha.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 17:1, Ben Ish Chai Year 1 Lech Lecha 15, Yabea Omer OC 5:42, Igros Moshe OC 1:3. see however Lev Chaim 1:10 where Rav Chaim Palaggi writes that a blind person cannot recite a beracha </ref> It would be best for him to first feel and check the validity of his Tzitzit or ask someone else to confirm it for him.<ref>Mishna Brurah 17:1</ref> | ||
# Women are exempt, as wearing Tzitzit is a positive time bound mitzvah.<ref>Rabbi Shimon in Gemara Menachot 43a; Shulchan Aruch 17:2. The Rema (ad loc.) comments even though women are exempt, if they want, they may rely upon the opinion of Tosfot (Kiddushin 31a) who would allow a woman to wear and make a bracha on Tzitzit. The Rema continues however, that women still should not do so, since it would appear arrogant and further that Tzitzit is not a personal obligation anyway. The Mishna Brurah (17:5) elaborates that although women may rely on Tosfot for [[Lulav]] and [[Sukkah]], Tzitzit are different since even men are not required from the Torah except if they wear a four cornered garment. Wearing Tzitzit has both a personal as well as an impersonal aspect of obligation to it, which makes the obligation one which allows for leniencies. It is a personal obligation in the sense that only if one wears the garment does one need to attach Tzitzit and not just when one owns a garment. It is not a personal obligation, since it is not required of one to go out and buy a four cornered garment just to perform the mitzvah. Therefore, since men do not really have to wear Tzitzit every day, women certainly should not do so, it appearing arrogant if they do. Lastly, there is a possible concern of violating Beged Ish as Targum Yonatan Ben Uziel raises on Devarim 22:5. The Levush (17:2) and Ben Ish Chai (Lech Lecha 3) use similar logic.</ref> | # Women are exempt, as wearing Tzitzit is a positive time bound mitzvah.<ref>Rabbi Shimon in Gemara Menachot 43a; Shulchan Aruch 17:2. The Rema (ad loc.) comments even though women are exempt, if they want, they may rely upon the opinion of Tosfot (Kiddushin 31a) who would allow a woman to wear and make a bracha on Tzitzit. The Rema continues however, that women still should not do so, since it would appear arrogant and further that Tzitzit is not a personal obligation anyway. The Mishna Brurah (17:5) elaborates that although women may rely on Tosfot for [[Lulav]] and [[Sukkah]], Tzitzit are different since even men are not required from the Torah except if they wear a four cornered garment. Wearing Tzitzit has both a personal as well as an impersonal aspect of obligation to it, which makes the obligation one which allows for leniencies. It is a personal obligation in the sense that only if one wears the garment does one need to attach Tzitzit and not just when one owns a garment. It is not a personal obligation, since it is not required of one to go out and buy a four cornered garment just to perform the mitzvah. Therefore, since men do not really have to wear Tzitzit every day, women certainly should not do so, it appearing arrogant if they do. Lastly, there is a possible concern of violating Beged Ish as Targum Yonatan Ben Uziel raises on Devarim 22:5. The Levush (17:2) and Ben Ish Chai (Lech Lecha 3) use similar logic.</ref> | ||
# A mourner is required to wear tzitzit, even on the first day.<ref> Halacha Berurara 17:5 writes that although one is exempt from putting on tefillin on the day of a close relative's burial, he would still be required to perform the mitzva of tzitzit </ref> | |||
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