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	Science Fair Projects - Tzitzit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Tzitzit (Ashkenazi pronunciation: tzitzis) are fringes or tassles (Hebrew: ציצת; (Biblical), ציצית; (Mishnaic)) found on a tallit worn by observant Jews as part of practicing Judaism.
		Tzitzit are attached today only to Jewish religious garments, such as a tallit gadol (large prayer shawl).
		This blue on a white background became accepted as a symbol for the Jewish community, and was the inspiration for the development of the Flag of Israel.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Tzitzit (1722 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Tzitzit
		Four tzitzit are passed through each hole (11:12-13), and the two groups of four ends are double-knotted to each other at the edge of the garment near the hole (11:14,15).
		According to the modern documentary hypothesis, the reference to Tzitzit in Numbers comes from the Priestly Code, while that from Deuteronomy to the Deuteronomic Code, and hence date to around the late 8th century BCE and late 7th century BCE respectively, some time after the practice began to be in use.
		The tzitzit thus indicated that its bearer was a Jew, servant of the King of kings.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Tzitzit (2035 words)

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		It is a mitzvah to tie tzitzit (fringes) on the corner of your four-corned garments (tallitot) -- or, at least, to have such fringes on your garments when you're wearing them.
		The tallit and tzitzit are discussed in chapter 1 of Rabbi Isaac Klein's A Guide to Jewish Religious Practice.
		The subject is clarified in Historical origin of the tallit and tzitzit.
	www.seedwiki.com /wiki/conj/tzitzit?wpid=335761 (637 words)

	Tzitzit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tzitzit (Ashkenazi Hebrew: tzitzis) are "fringes" or "tassels" (Hebrew: ציצת (Biblical), ציצית (Mishnaic)) found on a tallit worn by observant Jews as part of practicing Judaism.
		The four strands of tzitzit are passed through holes near the four corners of the garment (Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 11:9-11,15) that are farthest apart (10:1).
		The tzitzit thus indicated that it's bearer was a Jew, servant of the King of kings.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tzitzit (2113 words)

	Seasons of the Moon - Iyar/Sivan 5760
		Three of the threads of the tzitzit are white, the fourth is supposed to be the color of techelet.
		The mitzvah of tzitzit is a mitzvah of sight.
		When we look at the blue of the tzitzit, we see a reflection of the blue of the sea, and the blue of the sea is a reflection of the blue of the sky, and the blue of the sky is a reflection of the blue of the heavens.
	ohr.edu /seasons/5760/elul.htm (995 words)

	Revival Sermons at SermonIndex.net - audio mp3 sermon archive: ~Other Speakers S-Z : Robert Wurtz II : Healing in His ...
		Tzitzit is a chord that has been tied with a series of knots as a reminder of the law of God.
		Many orthodox Jewish men even today observe this commandment by wearing tassels (tzitzit, pronounced ZEET-zeet) affixed to a garment under their shirts, with the tassels deliberately showing so that they are obvious both to himself and those around him.
		Hanging from the end of each of its four corners (wings) was a tzitzit in obedience to the biblical command.
	www.sermonindex.net /modules/articles/index.php?view=article&aid=1980 (784 words)

	Hanefesh: Wearing and tying the Tallit / Shawl Prayer & the Arba Kanfot / Tzitzit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The wearing of tzitzit is meant as a constant reminder to Jews and others that they are servants of the God of Israel.
		Tradition considers the tzitzit to be a powerful shield against immoral behavior, because wearing such holy symbols reminds one to think twice about breaking God's commandments.
		In order to fulfill the mitvah of tzitzit, it is customary for you to say "l'shem mitzvat" for the sake of the mitvah each time you tie a knot.
	www.hanefesh.com /edu/Tzitzit_Shawl_Prayer.htm (874 words)

	Breslov—Judaism with Heart
		The tzitzit have the power to protect us from the `suggestions of the serpent' the negative ideas of those who are far from God's service and who put obstacles in the way of people who want to draw closer to the truth.
		Tzitzit is the embodiment of the ruach chaim, the life-spirit which animates everything holy.
		The mitzvah of tzitzit is a manifestation of the sovereignty of God.Through it, the supremacy of the forces of the Other Side is crushed.
	www.breslov.org /tzitzit.html (514 words)

	Judaism 101: Signs and Symbols
		The Torah also commands us to wear tzitzit (fringes) at the corners of our garments as a reminder of the mitzvot.
		There is a complex procedure for tying the knots of the tzitzit, filled with religious and numerological significance.
		The mitzvah to wear tzitzit only applies to four-cornered garments, which were common in biblical times but are not common anymore.
	www.jewfaq.org /signs.htm (2238 words)

	Donning the Tallit
		The tzitzit endow the garment with its religious significance.
		Before donning the Tallit, one also must examine the tzitzit carefully for tangling and torn strings (torn strings invalidates the tzitzit and the garment may not be worn).
		May the commandment of tzitzit be worthy before the Holy One, Blessed is He, as if I had fulfilled it in all its details, implications, and intentions, as well as the six hundred thirteen commandments that are dependant upon it.
	headcoverings-by-devorah.com /DonningTallit.html (589 words)

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		We are instructed to enwrap in the four-cornered garment with tzitzit in order to remember God and His great love and all of His instructions, and be holy to Him (Numbers 15:38-40).
		The tzitzit are to hang from the corners: from their holes, they are pulled horizontally to the edges of the tallit.
		The four tzitzit are traditionally tied with a total of 613 loops and strands to represent the 613 mitzvot (instructions / commandments) of the Torah.
	www.ahavta.org /kippot.htm (1231 words)

	MyJewishLearning.com - Daily Life: Tallit (The Prayer Shawl)
		The tallit [or, in Ashkenazic pronunciation, tallis] is the robe with which the worshipper is wrapped during prayer and hence often referred to as a "prayer shawl," though this is not the traditional Jewish name for the garment, which was not originally associated particularly with prayer.
		Strictly speaking, the precept of tzitzit has to be carried out for the whole of the day but since Jews could hardly go about wearing such an unusual garment as the tallit all day, the wearing of the tallit was limited to the time of the morning prayers.
		Since the precept of tzitzit is binding only during the day and not during the night it follows that this is a precept from which they are exempt.
	www.myjewishlearning.com /daily_life/Prayer/Ritual_Garb/Tallit.htm (894 words)

	Tallit
		The purpose of the tallit, then, is to hold the Tzitzit, and the purpose of the Tzitzit (according to the Torah) is to remind us of God's commandments.
		To tie the Tzitzit, line up the four stands so that the three of equal length are doubled evenly, and the four strand is lined up at one end with the other seven ends.
		In this second interpretation of the windings of the Tzitzit, the numbers 7-8-11-13 have special meaning: 7+8=15, which in Hebrew is written yod-hay, the first two letters of God's name (the Tetragrammaton); 11=vav+hay, the third and fourth letters of God's name.
	www.templesanjose.org /JudaismInfo/faq/tallit.htm (2030 words)

	Judaism 101 - Tzitzit - A Glossary of Basic Jewish Terms and Concepts - OU.ORG
		“Tzitzit” are also a crucial part of the “Tallit Gadol,” the Large Prayer Shawl, worn in the synagogue.
		The preferable color of the threads of “Tzitzit” is “techeilet,” obtained from a dye extracted from an aquatic creature called the “chilazon,” the identity of which has long been a subject of controversy, but it is said that it can be found in the “Yam HaMelach,” the Sea of Salt.
		The “Tzitzit” are a Divinely-ordained “behavior modification” device, as we read in the third paragraph of “Kriat Shema,” (Bamidbar 15:37-41), “And HaShem said to Moshe, ‘Speak to the Children of Israel and say to them that they should make “Tzitzit” on the corners of their garments throughout all of their generations.
	www.ou.org /about/judaism/tzitzit.htm (461 words)

	Ohr Somayach :: Torah Weekly :: Parshat Shlach
		The tzitzit threads are attached to the edges of a four-cornered garment.
		The tzitzit are a graphic representation of that which stretches out beyond the four corners of this world.
		For that same reason, if you add the gematria (numerical value) of the word tzitzit (600) to the eight strings and the five knots that comprise the tzitzit, the total is 613 which equals the total number of the mitzvot.
	ohr.edu /yhiy/article.php/1026 (591 words)

	JewishGates.Com - The Definitive Source for Talmudic Learning (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Torah in effect tells us that the tzitzit had to be used as a reminder in a sense similar to what is done when a man ties a string about his finger when he wishes to remember something, and by looking at the string, recalls what it was that he wished to remember.
		The word tzitzit has the numerical equivalent of 600, which when combined with the eight threads of each fringe and the five knots, comes to a total of 613.
		Now the word appearing for tzitzit in the Torah, is written with one letter yod missing, so that ten is missing from this total; on the other hand, the letter Lamed (30) prefixes the word tzitzit.
	www.jewishgates.com /file.asp?File_ID=1206 (1451 words)

	Mystical Interpretation of Tiztzit
		This is further represented in the form of the tzitzit, which are strings tied and wrapped around each other for the first third of their length, then separate loose strings hanging down freely for the remaining two thirds.
		That is, the mystical realm is reflected in the knots and wraps of the first third of the length of the tzitzit, denoting the mystical meanings of the mitzvahs.
		By knowing and thinking about the significance of the mitzvah of tzitzit while performing the mitzvah, one is doing just what the tzitzit are supposed to do: to connect the inner, intrinsic, eternal realm to the new creation.
	www.jewishmag.com /30MAG/tzitzit/tzitzit.htm (1931 words)

	Chancellor's Commentary Parashat Sh'lakh L'kha 5763, The Jewish Theological Seminary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Throughout the service, I would play with the tzitzit, enjoying the feel of the fringes as they slipped between my fingers, methodically adding new knots and removing them again before the conclusion of the service, each knot a blessing for myself or my family.
		By utilizing the tzitzit, either intentionally, as has become the custom for morning recitation of the Shema, or for meditation throughout the service, they become an educational tool, integrating thought and action.
		At the conclusion of the parashah, we are commanded to look at the tzitzit, and to remember and observe God's commandments, "v'lo ta–tu–ru," so as not to become tourists, passively engaged in Jewish life.
	www.jtsa.edu /community/parashah/archives/5763/shelahlekha.shtml (1348 words)

	NeaTzit -- The Tzitzit (tzitzith, tzitzes) that Mothers Love, comfort like a t-shirt, form-fitting design, ...
		Any person who is obligated to fulfill this commandment, if he covers himself with a garment that is appropriate for tzitzit, he should put in tzitzit and only then cover himself with it.
		However, garments that would require tzitzit - if they are not worn, but folded and stored away, they are exempt from having tzitzit, since [tzitzit] is not an obligation of the garment, but rather of the person [wearing] the garment.
		- Since the numerical value of the word Tzitzit is 600, and together with the eight stands and five [double] knots, the total is 613 [the number of commandments in the Torah].
	www.israelvisit.com /NeaTzit/Poskim.htm (720 words)

	Tzitzit - Tassels - Judaica Guide
		The Tzitzit are "fringes" or "tassels" found on a Tallit worn by observant Jews.
		The Tzitzit was commanded to us by God in the Torah, where it is said that every male must wear a Tzitzit at the corners of his garments as a reminder of the bond between God and Israel.
		The Tzitzit on each corner is made of four strands, each of which is made of eight fine threads (known as Kaful Shemoneh).
	www.judaica-guide.com /tzitzit (412 words)

	Jewish Gifts, buy judaica and Israel Gifts at aJudaica.com
		There is an opinion that the tzitzit should hang on the side of the corner and not on the bottom toward the ground.
		Before you try tying tzitzit to your tallit, it is advisable to practice with twine or heavy string looped around a chair leg.
		In order to fulfill the mitvah of tzitzit, it is customary for you to say "l'shem mitzvat tzitzit," "for the sake of performing the mitzvah of tzitzit," each time you tie a knot Take the shammash and wind it round the other seven strands in a spiral (seven turns).
	www.ajudaica.com /guide_tzitzit.php (855 words)

	Mitzvot » Tallit and Tzitzit \| AskMoses.com - Judaism, Ask a Rabbi - Live (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The strings of the tzitzit must be spun and twisted by a Jewish person who performed this task with the intention that these strings be used for the mitzvah of tzitzit.
		One may begin reciting it as soon as it is possible to distinguish between the white and blue fringes of the tzitzit.
		If one removes the tallit or tzitzit (for instance, if one needs to use the restroom during prayers), with the intention of donning the same tallit or tzitzit* afterwards, then it is not necessary to recite the blessing again when »read more...
	www.askmoses.com /qa_list.html?h=150&p=1 (518 words)

	Tzitzit and Tekhelet
		This call to remembrance and observance of the commandments is manifest in the tzitzit of the tallit on three different levels, first with the Shema (the greatest commandment), then with the Decalogue, and finally with the sum total of all the commandments (mitzvot).
		When an observant Jew, then, observes the tzitzit of his prayer shawl, he first sees the numbers 26 and 13, which correspond precisely to (Y-H-W-H Echad, "the Lord is one"), the essential words of the greatest of all commandments, the Shema.
		By seeing the blue in the tzitzit, the Jewish man remembers the two tablets upon which the Shekhinah, the fiery finger of God himself, wrote the Decalogue, the ten commandments that are the categories under which all other commandments are delineated.
	www.restorationfoundation.org /goldenkey/hem_8.htm (1751 words)

	Tallis/Tzitzis
		That is, all garments of a certain size or larger, which have at least four corners, must have strings known as tzitzit attached.
		The original requirement was to have a blue thread among the white threads; however, since the precise shade of blue is no longer known and the source of the dye used, only the white threads are used (except among certain chasidic groups that claim to know the dye formula).
		This is known as the tallit katan or tzitzit and is usually worn under the shirt.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/Judaism/Tallis.html (257 words)

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