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# The obligation applies to all Jewish men age 13 and up.<ref>Mishna Brurah 17:10</ref> | # The obligation applies to all Jewish men age 13 and up.<ref>Mishna Brurah 17:10</ref> | ||
# A blind man is equally obligated, and should recite a bracha.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 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 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> | ||
#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 on 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 as 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 | #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 on 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 as 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. 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 Katan, or minor child who is less than 13 years old, should wear Tzitzit and make a bracha on it, once he reaches the age of [[chinuch]] <ref>The Shulchan Aruch (17:3) does not specify an exact age, rather the idea is once a child knows how to properly wear the Tzitzit so that two strings are behind him and two in front (Rema 17:3) </ref>. | # A Katan, or minor child who is less than 13 years old, should wear Tzitzit and make a bracha on it, once he reaches the age of [[chinuch]] <ref>The Shulchan Aruch (17:3) does not specify an exact age, rather the idea is once a child knows how to properly wear the Tzitzit so that two strings are behind him and two in front (Rema 17:3) </ref>. | ||
# The proper age of [[chinuch]] for the mitzvah of Tzitzit is nine years old. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 9, the proper time for Tzitzit and who is obligated, seif 2 </ref> | # The proper age of [[chinuch]] for the mitzvah of Tzitzit is nine years old. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 9, the proper time for Tzitzit and who is obligated, seif 2 </ref> | ||
