Sunday, November 21, 2010

The berachah for tzitzit and tallit

Hi,

The general practice among Ashkenazic Jews is to differentiate between the berachah (blessing) recited on the tallit and the berachah recited on the tzitzit, because one cannot fully wrap himself in the small tzitzit garment.

Therefore, we recite a blessing thanking Gd for instructing us "al mitzvat tzitzit," "on the mitzvah of tzitzit," instead of the tallit berachah of "lehit'atef batzitzit," "to cloak ourselves in tzitzit."

(Code of Jewish Law Orach Chaim 8:6)

Have a great day,
Mordechai

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