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To have Tzitzit on four-cornered garments

The Luchos - Ten Commandments
מִצְוָה עֲשֵׂה - Positive Commandment
מִצְוָה לֹא תַעֲשֶׂה - Negative Commandment
Tzitzit – צִיצִית

All males are required to attach tzitzit (fringes) to the corners of their four-cornered garments. One of the fringes on each corner is to be dyed with techelet (a special blue dye).

This mitzvah commands that any four-cornered garment worn by a Jew must have tzitzit — fringes — attached to its corners. A thread of techelet (blue wool) was included in Temple times, symbolizing the heavens and Hashem’s throne. The Tzitzit serve as a reminder of all the commandments, ensuring that every Jew, upon seeing them, recalls to live faithfully and avoid sin.

Commentary & Classical Explanation:

  • Rambam (Hilchot Tzitzit 3:1): Clarifies that the obligation is only when wearing a four-cornered garment; one is not required to create such a garment just to fulfill the mitzvah.
  • Sefer HaChinuch (Mitzvah 386): The root is to remind us constantly of the mitzvot, since the fringes symbolize holiness and separation to Hashem.
  • Talmud (Menachot 43b): States that wearing Tzitzit is equal to fulfilling all the mitzvot, since it brings constant awareness of them.
(Source: Chabad.org)
דַּבֵּ֞ר אֶל־בְּנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵהֶ֔ם וְעָשׂ֨וּ לָהֶ֥ם צִיצִ֛ת עַל־כַּנְפֵ֥י בִגְדֵיהֶ֖ם לְדֹרֹתָ֑ם וְנָ֥תְנ֛וּ עַל־צִיצִ֥ת הַכָּנָ֖ף פְּתִ֥יל תְּכֵֽלֶת׃ - פָּרָשַׁת שְׁלַח
Numbers 15:38 - "Speak to the children of Israel and you shall say to them that they shall make for themselves fringes on the corners of their garments, throughout their generations, and they shall affix a thread of sky blue [wool] on the fringe of each corner."

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