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#Some Ashkenazim have the minhag to tuck their strings in and some leave them out.<ref>Mishna Brurah 8:26 was strongly against those who wear their Tzitzit in and says that by doing so you are disgracing mitzvot. He adds that if you received a gift from the king you would surely wear it outside to show it off to others. He also says that tucking them out fulfills the pasuk of "u'ritem oto". This is the psak of Shulchan Aruch Harav 8:18 and the Magen Avraham 8:13 based on the Tosafot [[Brachot]] 18a which allows for tucking them in on a dead person because they do no longer have to fulfill "u'ritem oto" if they cannot be seen. Magen Avraham says this implies that they should normally be out and to at least leave them untucked for the time that it takes to walk four [[amot]]. Aruch HaShulchan OC 8:17, 23:2 mentions that in many communities in eastern Europe they would tuck the strings in and he says that this was an incorrect practice. In Nefesh HaRav page 105 Rabbi Hershel 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. Rav Sraya Deblitsky is quoted as reporting that in pre-Mishna Berurah Europe, even Ashkenazim commonly kept their Tzitzit tucked in.</ref> | #Some Ashkenazim have the minhag to tuck their strings in and some leave them out.<ref>Mishna Brurah 8:26 was strongly against those who wear their Tzitzit in and says that by doing so you are disgracing mitzvot. He adds that if you received a gift from the king you would surely wear it outside to show it off to others. He also says that tucking them out fulfills the pasuk of "u'ritem oto". This is the psak of Shulchan Aruch Harav 8:18 and the Magen Avraham 8:13 based on the Tosafot [[Brachot]] 18a which allows for tucking them in on a dead person because they do no longer have to fulfill "u'ritem oto" if they cannot be seen. Magen Avraham says this implies that they should normally be out and to at least leave them untucked for the time that it takes to walk four [[amot]]. Aruch HaShulchan OC 8:17, 23:2 mentions that in many communities in eastern Europe they would tuck the strings in and he says that this was an incorrect practice. In Nefesh HaRav page 105 Rabbi Hershel 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. Rav Sraya Deblitsky is quoted as reporting that in pre-Mishna Berurah Europe, even Ashkenazim commonly kept their Tzitzit tucked in.</ref> | ||
# The tradition in all Sephardic land for generations has been to wear them tucked in.<ref>Sh"t Yaskil Avdi 5:3 and 8:2, Sh"t Yechave Daat 2:1, Ohr LeTzion 2:2:2, Yabia Omer (vol. 9 Orach Chaim 18:18), Rabbi Shalom Messas in Shemesh U'Magen OC 2:74, Nahagu Ha'am (Tzitzit, 4), Yalkut Yosef (Orach Chaim 8:42-44), Magen Avot (Orach Chaim 8:11). Rav Ovadia and Rav Ben Tzion Abba Shaul report from Rav Ezra Attiah that if a Sephardi wears them out he is disrespecting the earlier Sephardi poskim.<br> | # The tradition in all Sephardic land for generations has been to wear them tucked in.<ref>Sh"t Yaskil Avdi 5:3 and 8:2, Sh"t Yechave Daat 2:1, Ohr LeTzion 2:2:2, Yabia Omer (vol. 9 Orach Chaim 18:18), Rabbi Shalom Messas in Shemesh U'Magen OC 2:74, Nahagu Ha'am (Tzitzit, 4), Yalkut Yosef (Orach Chaim 8:42-44), Magen Avot (Orach Chaim 8:11). Rav Ovadia and Rav Ben Tzion Abba Shaul report from Rav Ezra Attiah that if a Sephardi wears them out he is disrespecting the earlier Sephardi poskim.<br> | ||
On the other hand, Rav Yaakov Hillel writes (Vayashov HaYam 1:3, Gevurat HaAri page 137) that the strings should be revealed based on the Arizal (Shaar Hakavanot 7c and Olat Tamid 39a). See Yalkut Yosef (Orach Chaim 8 fn. 42 s.v. vezeh shanim).</ref> | On the other hand, Rav Yaakov Hillel writes (Vayashov HaYam 1:3, Gevurat HaAri page 137) that the strings should be revealed based on the Arizal (Shaar Hakavanot 7c and Olat Tamid 39a). See Yalkut Yosef (Orach Chaim 8 fn. 42 s.v. vezeh shanim). Rav Ovadia's grandson, Rav Ovadia ben Yaakov Yosef argues that the Arizal does indeed mean they should be out as Rav Hillel understood him, but only when one is fulfilling the Mitzvah in the fullest manner, i.e. with tekhelet ([https://thelibrary.tekhelet.com/uploads/Kuntreis-2019.pdf Vehaya Lachem LeTzitzit 2019 pp. 21]).</ref> | ||
# A Sephardic boy can wear his Tzitzit out if it will help him with his yirat shamayim in a spiritually threatening context or if he is in an Ashkenazi yeshiva and the administration will not let him stand out in this way. Married Avrechim should not, however, deviate from Sephardic practice.<ref>Sh"t Ohr Litzion 2:2:2, Yalkut Yosef (Orach Chaim 8:45-48; Dinei Chinuch Katan pg. 33), Sh"t Otzrot Yosef 1:27. See [http://halachayomit.co.il/en/default.aspx?HalachaID=4667 Wearing One’s Tzitzit Out (HalachaYomit.co.il)]</ref> | # A Sephardic boy can wear his Tzitzit out if it will help him with his yirat shamayim in a spiritually threatening context or if he is in an Ashkenazi yeshiva and the administration will not let him stand out in this way. Married Avrechim should not, however, deviate from Sephardic practice.<ref>Sh"t Ohr Litzion 2:2:2, Yalkut Yosef (Orach Chaim 8:45-48; Dinei Chinuch Katan pg. 33), Sh"t Otzrot Yosef 1:27. See [http://halachayomit.co.il/en/default.aspx?HalachaID=4667 Wearing One’s Tzitzit Out (HalachaYomit.co.il)]</ref> | ||
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