Author Rabbi Yaakov Goldstein

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 […]

This article is an excerpt from our Sefer     Buy now on Amazon.com How many strings must one tie? [1] The Tzitzis of each corner must consist of four strings.[2] The four strings have to be entered into the corner hole of the Tallis and folded in half, for a […]

This article is an excerpt from our Sefer     Buy now on Amazon.com The four corners of Tzitzis: [1] All four corners of Tzitzis are considered a single Mitzvah, and therefore so long as a Tallis does not have all four Tzitzis attached to it, it is not Kosher.   [1] […]

This article is an excerpt from our Sefer     Buy now on Amazon.com Making the Tzitzis strings: Introduction-Understanding how a string is made: To understand the laws applicable to the making of the strings of the Tzitzis, one must first have basic knowledge in the string making process. The process […]

This article is an excerpt from our Sefer     Buy now on Amazon.com Introduction: In order for a Tallis to be Kosher, and hence enable one to fulfill the Mitzvah of Tzitzis through wearing it, it must be a Tzitzis requiring garment and contain Kosher Tzitzis. The laws of this […]