Author Rabbi Yaakov Goldstein

This article is an excerpt from our Sefer     Buy now on Amazon.com Strings that unraveled: [1] If any of the eight strings unraveled from its spinning after it was tied to the garment[2], the unraveled area is considered cut off from the Tzitzis and it hence does not enter into […]

This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com Check out our Tzitzis course! String tore from the Tzitzis:[1] Although it was already explained that at the time that the Tzitzis is tied to the corner each of the eight strings must have a minimum length of 12 Gudlin, […]

This article is an excerpt from our Sefer     Buy now on Amazon.com May one make knots at the end of the strings to prevent them from unraveling? [1] Some[2] are accustomed to make a single knot at the ends of each of the eight strings in order to prevent […]

This article is an excerpt from our Sefer     Buy now on Amazon.com   In what position is one to tie the Tzitzis: A. Tying the Tzitzis in a way that the braided area hits the corner? [1] When one ties the Tzitzis to the garment one is to be […]

This article is an excerpt from our Sefer     Buy now on Amazon.com The Tzitzis braid: [1] In the previous Halachos, the laws dealing with the people that are valid to make the Tzitzis braid, and that the Tzitzis braid must be made Leshmah, were dealt with. In this Halacha the […]

This article is an excerpt from our Sefer     Buy now on Amazon.com Is a blessing recited when tying Tzitzis to a four cornered garment? [1] A blessing is not recited when tying Tzitzis onto a four cornered garment which one desires to wear.[2] The blessing is only recited at […]

This article is an excerpt from our Sefer     Buy now on Amazon.com The requirements that need to be fulfilled for a valid tying of the Tzitzis onto the Tallis: There are various laws relating to the tying of the Tzitzis to the garment, such as the intent one must […]

This article is an excerpt from our Sefer     Buy now on Amazon.com Cutting the strings of the Tzitzis: [1] It is proper to beware not to cut the Tzitzis strings using a knife.[2] Rather one is to cut the strings using one’s teeth. [Thus, if one’s Tzitzis strings are long […]

This article is an excerpt from our Sefer     Buy now on Amazon.com How long must each string be? [1] After the four Tzitzis strings are folded to form 8 strings, each of the 8 strings must contain a [minimum] length[2] of 12 Gudlin/Thumbs.[3] One measures from the wide part of […]

This article is an excerpt from our Sefer     Buy now on Amazon.com The Mitzvah of Techeiles: [1] As stated in the verse, the Biblical Mitzvah of Tzitzis requires that the Tzitzis strings contain both a set of white strings and a set of Techeiles strings. These two colors of string […]