The children of Israel are commanded to wear tassels on the 4 corners (canfei) of their garments with a cord or thread of blue in each one (see Bamidbar 15:37-41 and Devarim / Deut. 22). There is a biblical command to attach fringes to the corners of four-cornered garments. The garments which sport these fringes, known as tallit and tzitzit serves as constant reminders of our obligations to God and our fellows. HaShem has given us many reminders of who He is and what He desires for us to do. The most prominent of these reminders are the moedim (appointed times / feast days), the tzitzit are also reminders given to us by HaShem. There is no guesswork involved here in trying to figure out what God had in mind when He instructed us to wear tzitzit. In fact He spells it out quite clearly in verses: {15:40} that [...]
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The Hebrew Scriptures deals with the fundamental principle of reward and punishment; the idea that good people will be blessed, and bad people will be cursed. But how should society define one’s goodness? What kind of people should be punished? Traditional Judaism always stressed the importance of behavior over feelings, actions over motives. ...
The Torah states in Numbers 15:38: And the HaShem spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the people of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a thread of blue; And it shall be to you for a fringe, that you may look upon it, and rememb ...
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