 Tzitzis are special fringes that
must be attached to any four cornered
garment. This mitzvah is
fulfilled by wearing a special four-cornered
garment called a talis katan or the wearing
of a prayer shawl called the talis gadol.
Preferably one or the other is worn while praying
shacharis or reciting the morning shema.
 "Speak to the Children of Israel and say to them that they shall
make themselves tzitzis on the corners of their garments,
throughout their generations. And they shall place upon the
tzitzis of each corner a thread of blue." - Numbers 15:38
 By seeing tzitzis, (from "to appear in visible
form"), we remember the Torah's 613 commandments. The
word has the numerical value 600, and tzitzis have 8 string ends and 5 double knots with windings in between, totaling 613. Some of G-d's names are incorporated into the number of windings between the knots. The eight
threads of the tassel also represent the seven heavens plus
the earth, while the wearing of the tzitzis on the four corners
of our garment serves as a reminder that G-d's
supervision presides over the four corners of the world.
The Vilna Gaon said: "Through such an easy mitzvah as
wearing tzitzis, which is relatively inexpensive, one can
elevate himself to great spiritual heights."
 Every minute during the daylight that one wears tzitzis is a
mitzvah - therefore it is an established custom to wear a talis
katan under one's clothes all day to be able to fulfill this mitzvah.
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