Posts Tagged "Tzitzit"

     The tallit’s fringes are called tzitzit. The commandment to put tzitzit on the corners of one’s garments is referred to more generally in Deuteronomy and more specifically in the book of Numbers, with the added commandment to include a blue thread among the threads of each fringe.   The major goal of tzitzit is to serve as a reminder God’s […]

“What are those strings hanging out of your pants?” May seem an awkward, and perhaps inappropriate, question to be asked, though for more than a few religious Jewish men it has become as common as being asked what the little hat they wear is. Those strings are the fringes of a garment called a tallit. […]