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* Sephardim: To fulfill Mitzvah BUT not to make a bracha: should wear tzitzit measuring 1.5 amot by 1 amah. It would also be best if this shiur doesn’t include neck hole, but if it’s difficult to find a tzitzit that size or uncomfortable to wear, one may rely on the opinions that the neck hole is included. In this case, one should make a bracha on a tallit Gadol and patur (exempt) the tallit katan. In order to make a bracha on a tallit katan, it should measure 2 amot by 1 amah, which is 37.8 by 18.9 inches. <ref>See Halacha Berurah 1, 16:1; and “Tzel Heharim” by R’ Hertzel Hillel Yitzhak, p. 8-11, (http://books.google.com/books?id=smV4tK-2BmAC&pg=RA1-PA8&lpg=RA1-PA8&dq=size+of+tallit+katan+amah&source=bl&ots=WIS4hgNl6j&sig=kueGC117C5r8YA8ytsF8FatCRaU&hl=en&ei=odrBS5GSBs2blQeS5pWaCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CA0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=size%20of%20tallit%20katan%20amah&f=false) who measures the standard of an Amah according to Rav Chaim Noeh.</ref>. | * Sephardim: To fulfill Mitzvah BUT not to make a bracha: should wear tzitzit measuring 1.5 amot by 1 amah. It would also be best if this shiur doesn’t include neck hole, but if it’s difficult to find a tzitzit that size or uncomfortable to wear, one may rely on the opinions that the neck hole is included. In this case, one should make a bracha on a tallit Gadol and patur (exempt) the tallit katan. In order to make a bracha on a tallit katan, it should measure 2 amot by 1 amah, which is 37.8 by 18.9 inches. <ref>See Halacha Berurah 1, 16:1; and “Tzel Heharim” by R’ Hertzel Hillel Yitzhak, p. 8-11, (http://books.google.com/books?id=smV4tK-2BmAC&pg=RA1-PA8&lpg=RA1-PA8&dq=size+of+tallit+katan+amah&source=bl&ots=WIS4hgNl6j&sig=kueGC117C5r8YA8ytsF8FatCRaU&hl=en&ei=odrBS5GSBs2blQeS5pWaCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CA0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=size%20of%20tallit%20katan%20amah&f=false) who measures the standard of an Amah according to Rav Chaim Noeh.</ref>. | ||
*Ashkenazim: To follow the Mishna Brurah, preferably one should wear Tzitzit that 1 x 1 amah, however it should be at least 1.5 by 0.75 amah not including the neck hole. <ref> Mishna Brurah 8:17, 16:4 </ref> Accordingly, one can wear a Tzitzit 32 by 16 inches not including the neck-hole. <ref> Rabbi Neusadt, author of Daily Halacha Discussions, writes that using Rav Moshe's (Sh"t Igrot Moshe 1:136) standard of measuring the Amah which is 21.3 inches per Amah one ends up with 32 inches by 16 inches. http://www.torah.org/advanced/weekly-halacha/5765/pekudei.html </ref> Rabbi Willing is lenient to allow 26 inches in length. <ref> http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/729840/Rabbi_Zvi_Sobolofsky/Hilchas_Tzitzis_Part_2_(definition_of_a_cornder,_size_of_beget,_straps,_brecha_on_borrowed_tzitzis) at 14 minutes, Rabbi Sobolofsky in name of Rabbi Willig </ref> | *Ashkenazim: To follow the Mishna Brurah, preferably one should wear Tzitzit that 1 x 1 amah, however it should be at least 1.5 by 0.75 amah not including the neck hole. <ref> Mishna Brurah 8:17, 16:4 </ref> Accordingly, one can wear a Tzitzit 32 by 16 inches not including the neck-hole. <ref> Rabbi Neusadt, author of Daily Halacha Discussions, writes that using Rav Moshe's (Sh"t Igrot Moshe 1:136) standard of measuring the Amah which is 21.3 inches per Amah one ends up with 32 inches by 16 inches. http://www.torah.org/advanced/weekly-halacha/5765/pekudei.html </ref> Rabbi Willing is lenient to allow 26 inches in length. <ref> http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/729840/Rabbi_Zvi_Sobolofsky/Hilchas_Tzitzis_Part_2_(definition_of_a_cornder,_size_of_beget,_straps,_brecha_on_borrowed_tzitzis) at 14 minutes, Rabbi Sobolofsky in name of Rabbi Willig </ref> | ||
==Sleeping in Tzitzit== | |||
# One who slept in his Tzitzit, shouldn’t make the Bracha on the Tzitzit but rather should make it on the Talit and that will cover the Tzitzit also. <Ref> S”A 8:16 writes that one who slept in his Tzitzit may make a Bracha on it in the morning. Mishna Brurah 8:42 writes that since some argue on this it’s better not to make the Bracha on the Tzitzit but rather to have it in mind when one makes the Bracha on the talit. </ref> However, if one doesn’t have a talit (as is the minhag of Ashkenazim prior to marriage), one should make the Bracha on the Tzitzit and it’s preferable to feel the tzitziyot when making the Bracha. <Ref> S”A 8:16 writes that one may make a Bracha on Tzitzit that one slept in and it’s proper to feel the tzitziyot when making the Bracha. Piskei Teshuvot 8:30 writes that if one doesn’t have a talit one may make the Bracha on the Tzitzit. </ref> | |||
# It’s proper according to kabbalistic sources, to wear one’s Tzitzit to sleep. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 21:15 writes that the Arizal holds that it’s important to sleep in one’s Tzitzit according to the kabbalah. So writes Magan Avraham 21:2, and Kaf HaChaim 21:15 </ref> | |||
# If one sleeps in one’s Tzitzit, it’s preferable to use those Tzitzit for the day as well sometimes, or for some time in the morning besides just using it for the night. <Ref> Piskei Teshuvot 21:5 writes that one should be careful to sleep in Tzitzit that are also used for the day because otherwise one wouldn’t fulfill the mitzvah according to any opinion (since the Rosh holds that there’s a mitzvah of Tzitzit at night using clothing of the day and Rambam holds that there’s only a mitzvah during the day). So writes the Torat Chaim Sofer 21:5, Sh”t Vayivarech David 1:5, Kaf HaChaim 21:15. (Piskei Teshuvot also quotes the Hagot Rabbi Akiva Eiger (M”A 2) and Eshel Avraham who agree). </ref> However, if one does have specific Tzitzit for the night only, one has what to rely on. <Ref> Sh”t Shevet Halevi 6:50, 10:2 writes that it’s only a chumra not to use Tzitzit designated for the night. So writes Hagot Baruch Taam on S”A, Sh”t Kinyan Torah 4:1, Siach Halacha (Siman 21) in name of Rav Shlomo Zalman, and Piskei Teshuvot 21:5. Sh”t teshuvot VeHanhagot 2:9 writes that it’s preferable if there’s some light in the room because there’s an opinion that if there’s light in the room, at night one’s obligated in Tzitzit. Another advise given by Sh”t Teshuvot VeHanagot 1:19 (brought in Piskei Teshuvot 21:5) is that one should have intent that one fulfill the mitzvah of Tzitzit while one’s sleeping once dawn comes. </ref> | |||
# The minhag is to sleep in Tzitzit and not be concerned with disgracing the Tzitzit. <Ref> Rama 21:3, Yalkut Yosef (Sherit Yosef 8 note 4). </ref> | |||
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