In an inconspicuous school hall in the heart of Jerusalem, dozens of people from all walks of life sit together at long tables preparing tzitzit — knotted fringes worn by religious Jews — to be sent ...

Lately, as I walk around West Philly, I have been noticing more and more tzitzit dangling from corners of garments. As Philadelphian Jews no doubt know, this is not a neighborhood where Orthodox Jews ...

Since biblical times, male authorities have been debating the issue of whether women should sport tzitzit. Now, thanks to a freshman from Princeton University, a group of young women are — quite ...

Q: Why don’t women practice the commandments of tzitzit and tefillin? After all, the exemption of women from these commandments is because they are time-bound commandments, and if so, the rule is that ...

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For over a thousand years, the source of Biblical “tekhelet” was unknown, and we were unable to dye the fringes of our tzitzit with the special dye. Recently, however, this practice has been renewed ...

LA-based artists Julie Weitz and Jill Spector are reimagining the traditional Jewish garment to include a wide spectrum of identities. Tzitzit Project tzitzit worn by Chelsea Mandell, Liana Wertman, ...

During his Munkacs sojourn, Rabbi Zvi Elimelech penned two short works. The first work appears to have been written soon after he arrived in Hungary, though it was only published in 1909 under the ...

What is the purpose of wearing tzitzit, the ritual fringes that are attached to the four cornered garment mentioned in our parsha? (Numbers 15:37-41) Several classic answers come to mind. Some suggest ...

The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 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, ...

This week’s sedrah, Shelach Lecha, ends with one of the great commands of Judaism – tzitzit, the fringes we wear on the corner of our garments as a perennial reminder of our identity as Jews and our ...

United Hatzalah trainees are taught that “a good EMT can improvise in the field when things go wrong.” This saying held for Shalom Klein, a United Hatzalah EMT who was standing at the bus stop on ...