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Do you feel a closer connetcion to G-d and the Jewish people when you do? I personally think that is the only reason to start observing a mitzvah you weren't brought up observing. Done for any other reason, I believe, it will be a chore and you will eventually either stop or resent your religion for it.
Because it's a mitzvah aseh I think I could handle doing, which is perhaps reason enough absent any reason not to. Because I have friends who find it meaningful for them, and it might be for me but I wouldn't know unless I tried. And (related to the first two) it would give me a reason/motivation to say a bracha on the 6 days a week that I usually don't say any.
HOT!! Totally do it!
..wait, do you mean wearing tzitzit *with* your regular clothing, or *instead of* your regular clothing? ;)
..wait, do you mean wearing tzitzit *with* your regular clothing, or *instead of* your regular clothing? ;)
Sounds like some well thought-out reasons. You may as well give it a shot.
Seems like it'd get hot in the summer.
you better before you get smote, or whore after other gods, and forget the commandmenats, etc.
but seriously? why ask? do what feels right to you? you can start, see if you like it, stop again
but seriously? why ask? do what feels right to you? you can start, see if you like it, stop again
By the same token, the commandment could be read that IF you have a four-cornered garment, THEN tzitzit are required...
That said, I think they're really cool. I've been meaning to make some for myself, and I have the tzitzit. I just need to tie them onto things. Wanna have a tzitzit tying party?
That said, I think they're really cool. I've been meaning to make some for myself, and I have the tzitzit. I just need to tie them onto things. Wanna have a tzitzit tying party?
Yeah, that's how I've usually read the commandment. (And I've always been amused to see Orthodox women wearing unfringed 4-cornered shawls...) That's probably why I've never really thought about wearing tzitzit before. But now I'm wondering whether I should give it a shot in spite of that.
Not quite as excited about the tying, though, but maybe it's something worth learning anyway. But I'll come to your party whether I'm tying anything or not!
Not quite as excited about the tying, though, but maybe it's something worth learning anyway. But I'll come to your party whether I'm tying anything or not!
Do you wear many four-cornered garments? It'd be a little... weird... to cut the tzitzit off a tallit to put them on e.g. your jacket.
In terms of a shawl... that's probably not halachically a "beged"/garment if it isn't enough fabric to be a "proper" shirt...
Thanks for partying with me--- maybe I'll get around to it one of these days...:)
Thanks for partying with me--- maybe I'll get around to it one of these days...:)
I always viewed the command the same way, but when I stopped wearing a full talit for shacharit I decided I still needed to make the tzitzit bracha so I started wearing a talit katan. Once I was wearing it for shacharit it began to seem natural to keep it on all day.
Women wearing shawls bothers me, but they can at least justify it because of time bound positive commandment exemptions. If someone does wear a talit then they should be wearing tzitzit on all four cornered garments. Which means if you have any traditional wool ponchos you should tie tzitzit on them(I know a guy who did this).
Women wearing shawls bothers me, but they can at least justify it because of time bound positive commandment exemptions. If someone does wear a talit then they should be wearing tzitzit on all four cornered garments. Which means if you have any traditional wool ponchos you should tie tzitzit on them(I know a guy who did this).
If you swap the tzitzit off a tallit to a jacket (on a bracket), would they call it a tallit-tzizit jacket transmit?
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I stop wearing my tzitzit when it gets hot. I don't want to feel negatively about a mitzvah, and by owning the garments and wearing them in the winter, I fulfill it 100%. (I'm making two more comments, but I will place them in appropriate threads... haha no pun intended)
huge. tzitzit. fan.
I like polyester mesh or (if you hold that it needs to be a natural fabric and are willing to make it yourself) silk in the summer-- they both wick well! And when I have a largish shawl or wrap I hem up a corner so it's not a corner. -joannaShmoanna
I like polyester mesh or (if you hold that it needs to be a natural fabric and are willing to make it yourself) silk in the summer-- they both wick well! And when I have a largish shawl or wrap I hem up a corner so it's not a corner. -joannaShmoanna
I call bull. My tallit katan does not have enough fabric to be a "proper" shirt.
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