Tzitzit Project tzitzit worn by Chelsea Mandell, Liana Wertman, and Holly Howell (all images courtesy Tzitzit Project unless noted otherwise) Often referred to as tzitzit after the name of the fringes ...

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 ...

With tzitzit in high demand for IDF soldiers, volunteers take on the challenge Jerusalem community prepares 60,000 pairs of the four-cornered, fringed ritual garments requested by religious and ...

The Mitzva to wear Tzitzit on a four cornered garment, is designed to be the object of remembrance. When we see or are aware of the Tzitzit in our bodies, we are to remember all of the commandments of ...

Emunah (faith) is implanted in the heart of every person, for since one possesses a soul, he possesses faith. The more aware he is of that faith, and the more he lives in accordance with it, the more ...

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 ...

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 ...

(JNS) As the Israel Defense Forces prepare to move into Gaza to destroy the Hamas terrorist group, an American rabbi affiliated with the Chabad-Lubavitch Chassidic movement has launched a campaign to ...

Debra Nussbaum Cohen (one of my favorite religion reporters) has a fascinating article in the latest issue of The New York Jewish Week about young Reform Jews turning toward tradition. Reporting from ...

Shalom Klein was standing at a bus stop in Jerusalem when an Egged bus careened out of control and smashed into it. He was unharmed, and is now sharing his story. The fringed ritual garment – tzitzit ...

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 ...

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, ...