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Question: I went to the Bat Mitzvah celebration of an orthodox coworker, and I noticed that unlike a boy’s Bar Mitzvah, the Bat Mitzvah girl did not...
As is the case with every Biblical holiday, the tallit is worn but not the tefillin. See On which days of the year don't we put the tefillin on? In...
Sally: My 9 year old son won't wear his tzitzit, and often argues over wearing his kipah. He admits that people who don't know what they are...
The Jewish spiritual masters explain that the blue string, called “techailet”, manifests the mystical forces of strict judgment in the world....
A tallit (Hebrew word for "garment") is commonly a reference to the prayer shawl with tzitzit attached to its four corners. During the...
In order for a garment to qualify as a "four cornered garment", the sides of the garment may not be sewn together. A regular shirt that is slit...
There are different opinions as to when one must cover one’s head: Some require the head to be covered for the entire prayer,1 while others only...
Some suggest that the stripes are to remind us of the techailet.1 Indeed, some communities have the custom of using (dark) blue stripes, not black. For...
It is permitted to borrow a tallit from another without his knowledge, unless it is clear that the owner of the tallit would not allow it. One can presume...
Twice during the morning prayers it is customary to hold the fringes of the tallit in the hands: (a) During the Baruch she’amar one takes the two...
