{"id":98963,"date":"2022-11-20T04:46:01","date_gmt":"2022-11-20T02:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/?p=98963"},"modified":"2022-11-20T04:46:01","modified_gmt":"2022-11-20T02:46:01","slug":"tzitzit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/tzitzit\/","title":{"rendered":"Tzitzit"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cSpeak to the Children of Israel and say to them that they shall make themselves tzitzit on the corners of their garments, for all their generations. And they shall place upon the tzitzit of each corner a thread of techelet wool. It shall be tzitzit for you, that you may see it and remember all the commandments of Hashem and fulfill them; and not explore after your heart and after your eyes after which you stray. So that you may remember and perform all My commandments and be holy to your G-d\u201d<\/em><\/strong> (Bamidbar<\/em> 15:38-40)<\/p>\n

Rashi expounds that tzitzit<\/em> cause a person to \u201cremember all the commandments of Hashem\u201d in the following way. The numerical value of the word \u05e6\u05d9\u05e6\u05d9\u05ea is 600. Add the eight strings of the tzitzit<\/em> and its five knots, and you have 613, the number of the Torah\u2019s commandments.<\/p>\n

Rabbi Meir says: The pasuk does not state \u201cthat you may see them<\/em>,\u201d rather, \u201cthat you may see it<\/em>.\u201d From here we learn that whoever upholds the mitzvah of tzitzit<\/em> is considered to have greeted the Shechinah<\/em>. Light blue is similar to the sea, which in turn is like the sky, which hints to the Heavenly Throne. The words \u201cthat you may see it and remember all the commandments\u201d teach us that whoever observes the mitzvah of tzitzit<\/em> is considered to be observing all of the mitzvot (Sifri<\/em>, Shelach <\/em>115).<\/p>\n

The Kuzari<\/em> (3:11) states that the mitzvah of tzitzit<\/em> protects a person from his senses, which are liable to drive him out of this world, as the pasuk says, \u201cAnd [you shall] not explore after your heart and after your eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Whoever cloaks himself in tzitzit <\/em>is sanctified manifold times. This is borne out by the above pasuk, \u201cSo that you may remember and perform all My commandments and be holy to your G-d.\u201d Chazal state (Sifri<\/em>) that tzitzit<\/em> add kedushah<\/em> to a person (Rabbeinu Yona<\/em>, Iggeret Hateshuvah<\/em> 6).<\/p>\n

Reish Lakish states that whoever is scrupulous with the mitzvah of tzitzit <\/em>merits 2,800 servants, as it says, \u201cThus said Hashem: It shall come to pass that ten men of all the languages of the nations shall take hold of the skirt of the Jew, saying, \u2018We will go with you\u2019\u201d (Shabbat<\/em> 32b).<\/p>\n

The Maharal (Derashah L\u2019Shabbat Hagadol<\/em>) asserts that the mitzvah of tzitzit<\/em> illustrates man\u2019s perfecting his body and beautifying it with mitzvot. Tzitzit<\/em>, or a tallit, is a cloak worn over the body and a means of adorning it through mitzvot. This is what is meant by the injunction, \u201cLet your garments always be white.\u201d A person should constantly refine his body so that it should be pure. This is the meaning of white garments. The body is considered the garb of the neshamah<\/em>. It should always be in a pristine state. \u201cLet your garments always be white\u201d \u2013 this is the mitzvah of tzitzit<\/em>, implying a purified body. \u201cAnd your head never lack oil\u201d \u2013 this is the mitzvah of tefillin, the adornment of the neshamah<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The tzitzit<\/em> adorn the body and the tefillin adorn the soul. Tzitzit<\/em> demonstrate the purity of the body. They are the fringes at the very bottom of the garment. This is analogous to a person who cannot be termed an absolute tzaddik or rasha while in this world. But in the end, the truth will be apparent to all. In this world, a world of materialism, man is physical. But in the World of Truth, four types of distinctions will be made. It is the tzitzit<\/em>, then, which distinguish between the tzaddik and the rasha.<\/p>\n

Our Sages ask, \u201cWho is an ignoramus?\u201d Ben Azzai answers, \u201cOne who does not have tzitzit <\/em>on his garment\u201d (Sotah<\/em> 22a).<\/p>\n

When a person leaves his house wearing tzitzit<\/em>, Hashem is pleased. The Angel of Destruction moves aside and the person is protected from all forms of damage.\u00a0 The word \u05dc\u05d3\u05d5\u05e8\u05ea\u05dd (for all their generations) can be read\u00a0 \u00a0\u05dc\u05d3\u05d9\u05e8\u05ea\u05dd(for their homes). In the merit of being perfect in one\u2019s home, and leaving it while enwrapped in a mitzvah, one is granted protection. Rabbi Nehorai says: I testify to anyone who emerges from his house wearing tzitzit<\/em> (tallit), and has tefillin on his head, that the Shechinah<\/em> rests upon him. Two Heavenly angels escort him to the Beit Hakeneset and bless him. A prosecuting angel follows behind him and answers, \u201cAmen,\u201d against his will (Yalkut Reuveini<\/em>, Shelach Lecha<\/em>).<\/p>\n

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\u201cSpeak to the Children of Israel and say to them that they shall make themselves tzitzit on the corners of their garments, for all their generations. And they shall place upon the tzitzit of each corner a thread of techelet wool. It shall be tzitzit for you, that you may see it and remember all […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":23539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1097],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tzitzit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}