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Tzitzits your way

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Loop options from top: regular, braided and knotted There are many different ways to custom your tzitzit also know as a tassel.  The basic tassel has 3 white strands with one blue stand.  From there you are able to customize and even adding other colors.   Basic: 3 white and one blue strand Loops can be regular, braided or knotted (See photo above) Different style types for the body of the tassel Body can have the 10,5,6,5 (YHVH) combination  (the top two) or                               7,8,11,13 (Shema) combination of  wraps or knots (third is wraps, fourth is knots) Two choice for the tail of the tassel The tail can have one or two blue strands or add one red strand in tail to remind you of the sacrifice our Messiah made for us. Colors can be used as desired as long as there is at least one blue strand. If you wish to have the set of strands and knots to add up to 613 you must stick with only 3 strands and a blue. White and blue basic price is

Tzitzit meaning and origins and why we wear them

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  Meaning and Origins Tzitzit (ציצית) translates from the Hebrew as "fringes" or "tassels," and is pronounced either as "tzitzit" or tzitzis." The  tzitzit  are closely related to the  tallit (טָלֵית), also pronounced either as "tallit" or "tallis," which translates from the Hebrew as "cloak." The mitzvah , or command, to wear  tzitzit  originates in the Torah, the Hebrew Bible, in Numbers 15:38-39.  The tzitzit , or fringes, on both garments, are tied in a unique way, and tzitzit  tying customs vary from community to community. The standard however is that on each of the four corners there are eight strings with five knots. This is especially meaningful as the gematria , or numerical value, of the word  tzitzit is 600, plus the eight strings and five knots, which brings the sum to 613, which is the number of  mitzvot  or commandments in the Torah. Here is a great teaching on who may wear Tzitzit, why