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# Towels are exempt from Tzitzit. <ref> Beiur Halacha 10: "soder" </ref> | # Towels are exempt from Tzitzit. <ref> Beiur Halacha 10: "soder" </ref> | ||
# If one wears more than one four-cornered garment they are all obligated in Tzitzit but the bracha is only recited on the first one that one puts on. However, if one recited the bracha and only had in mind to wear one four-cornered garment and then changed one's mind and put on another one, one has to recite a new bracha. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 8:12 </ref> | # If one wears more than one four-cornered garment they are all obligated in Tzitzit but the bracha is only recited on the first one that one puts on. However, if one recited the bracha and only had in mind to wear one four-cornered garment and then changed one's mind and put on another one, one has to recite a new bracha. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 8:12 </ref> | ||
# There is a dispute whether four cornered blankets are obligated in Tzitzit. It is preferable therefore to round off one of the corners, so that it no longer has 4 corners.<Ref>Mishna Brurah 18:8</ref> Others say that we are not strict in this case and need not be concerned. <ref>[http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/763873/Rabbi_Hershel_Schachter/Shiur_#7_-_Yevamos_-_אילונית Rav Hershel Schachter in a shiur on yutorah.org ("Yevamot 7," min 85)] states that he is not strict when it comes to placing Tzitzit on his blanket. See also another shiur by [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/788501/Rabbi_Hershel_Schachter/Hilchos_Tzitzis Rav Hershel Schachter on yutorah.org ("Hilchot Tzitzit", min 58-60)]. | # There is a dispute whether four cornered blankets are obligated in Tzitzit. It is preferable therefore to round off one of the corners, so that it no longer has 4 corners and is therefore definitely not obligated in having Tzitzit attached to it.<Ref>Mishna Brurah 18:8</ref> Others say that we are not strict in this case and need not be concerned. <ref>[http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/763873/Rabbi_Hershel_Schachter/Shiur_#7_-_Yevamos_-_אילונית Rav Hershel Schachter in a shiur on yutorah.org ("Yevamot 7," min 85)] states that he is not strict when it comes to placing Tzitzit on his blanket. See also another shiur by [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/788501/Rabbi_Hershel_Schachter/Hilchos_Tzitzis Rav Hershel Schachter on yutorah.org ("Hilchot Tzitzit", min 58-60)]. | ||
* The Gemara establishes that the mitzvah of Tzitzit is primarily limited to the daytime. There is a dispute between the Rambam and Rosh whether the Gemara means to restrict the time when the mitzvah applies or to exempt clothing that is usually worn at night. The Tur poses a practical ramification of this dispute. According to the Rosh, who says that clothes which are specified for nighttime use are exempt | * The Gemara establishes that the mitzvah of Tzitzit is primarily limited to the daytime. There is a dispute between the Rambam and Rosh whether the Gemara means to restrict the time when the mitzvah applies or to exempt clothing that is usually worn at night. The Tur poses a practical ramification of this dispute. According to the Rosh, who says that clothes which are specified for nighttime use are exempt. Four cornered blankets, since falling under the category of being specified for nighttime use, would therefore not be obligated in having Tzitzit. | ||
* On the other hand | * On the other hand, according to the Rambam who holds that the Gemara was restricting the time of the mitzvah, it seems if one were to sleep with a blanket in the morning, the blanket would be obligated in Tzitzit. In fact, the Hagahot Maimoniyot (Tzitzit 3:7) records the Rabbenu Eliyahu MeParis's minhag to put Tzitzit on his blanket. Nonetheless, without explaining, the Bet Yosef 18:2 concludes that widespread minhag was not to put Tzitzit on one's blanket. | ||
* In defense of the minhag, the Darkei Moshe 18:2 cites the Mordechai who states that one is only obligated in Tzitzit for clothing one wears (Levisha) and not for clothes that simply cover one's body (Haalah). The Magen Avraham 18:8 cites those who disagree with the Mordechai but explains that it would suffice to round one of the corners in order to exempt the blanket from Tzitzit. See Aruch HaShulchan 18:8 who rejects the Magen Avraham's proof by differentiating between covering oneself with clothing and blankets which are only used for covering oneself and never worn regularly.</ref> | * In defense of the minhag, the Darkei Moshe 18:2 cites the Mordechai who states that one is only obligated in Tzitzit for clothing one wears (Levisha) and not for clothes that simply cover one's body (Haalah). The Magen Avraham 18:8 cites those who disagree with the Mordechai but explains that it would suffice to round one of the corners in order to exempt the blanket from Tzitzit. See Aruch HaShulchan 18:8 who rejects the Magen Avraham's proof by differentiating between on the one hand covering oneself with clothing and on the other covering oneself with blankets which are only used for covering oneself and never worn regularly.</ref> | ||
# If the majority of a garment's side is open then it must have | # If the majority of a garment's side is open then it must have Tzitzit, but if a minority of a garment's side is open then it is exempt from having Tzitzit. If a garment's side is open only half way then it is a safek and therefore one should tie Tzitzit on it but note that there is an issue of the melacha of transferring on Shabbat with that garment. <Ref> Shulchan Aruch, OC, 10:7 </ref> | ||
# One should not make a bracha on a garment that is open only half way on it's sides. <ref> Halacha Berura 10:16 </ref> | # One should not make a bracha on a garment that is open only half way on it's sides. <ref> Halacha Berura 10:16 </ref> | ||
