Tzitzit

tzitzit

ציצית

Chabad: ' is a reduced vowel — every vocal shva, always pronounced. - separates syllables that would otherwise run together.

How to read the transliterations

Hebrew

יְבָרֶכְךָ* יְהֹוָה וְיִשְׁמְרֶךָ: יָאֵר יְהֹוָה | פָּנָיו אֵלֶיךָ, וִיחֻנֶּךָּ:
יִשָּׂא יְהֹוָה | פָּנָיו אֵלֶיךָ, וְיָשֵׂם לְךָ שָׁלוֹם:

Chabad

y'vorechcho* Adonoy v'yishm'recho: yo-eir Adonoy ponov eilecho, vichuneko:
yiso Adonoy ponov eilecho, v'yoseim l'cho sholoym:

Hebrew

וְשָׂמוּ אֶת שְׁמִי עַל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, וַאֲנִי אֲבָרֲכֵם:¹

Chabad

v'somu es sh'mi al b'nei Yisro-eil, va-ani avoracheim:

Hebrew

אֵלּוּ דְבָרִים שֶׁאֵין לָהֶם שִׁעוּר: הַפֵּאָה, וְהַבִּכּוּרִים,
וְהָרֵאָיוֹן*, וּגְמִילוּת* חֲסָדִים, וְתַלְמוּד תּוֹרָה:²
אֵלּוּ דְבָרִים שֶׁאָדָם אוֹכֵל פֵּרוֹתֵיהֶם בָּעוֹלָם הַזֶּה
וְהַקֶּרֶן קַיֶּמֶת לָעוֹלָם הַבָּא, וְאֵלּוּ הֵן: כִּבּוּד אָב וָאֵם,
וּגְמִילוּת חֲסָדִים, וְהַשְׁכָּמַת בֵּית הַמִּדְרָשׁ שַׁחֲרִית
וְעַרְבִית*, וְהַכְנָסַת אוֹרְחִים*, וּבִקּוּר חוֹלִים, וְהַכְנָסַת
כַּלָּה, וְהַלְוָיַת הַמֵּת, וְעִיּוּן תְּפִלָּה, וַהֲבָאַת שָׁלוֹם
בֵּין אָדָם לַחֲבֵרוֹ, וּבֵין אִישׁ לְאִשְׁתּוֹ, וְתַלְמוּד תּוֹרָה
כְּנֶגֶד כֻּלָּם:³

Chabad

eilu d'vorim she-ein lohem shiur: hapei-oh, v'habikurim,
v'horei-oyoyn*, ug'milus* chasodim, v'salmud Toyroh:
eilu d'vorim she-Odom oycheil peiroyseihem bo-oylom hazeh
v'hakeren kayemes lo-oylom habo, v'eilu hein: kibud ov vo-eim,
ug'milus chasodim, v'hashkomas beis hamidrosh shacharis
v'arvis*, v'hachnosas oyr'chim*, uvikur choylim, v'hachnosas
kaloh, v'hal'voyas hameis, v'iyun t'filoh, vahavo-as sholoym
bein Odom lachaveiroy, uvein ish l'ishtoy, v'salmud Toyroh
k'neged kulom:

BLESSING ON THE TZITZIT⁴

Every day while dressing, before putting on the tallit katan (the small, fringed garment worn by males), examine the tzitzit (fringes) to make sure they are not torn, especially the parts lying on the corners and the coils. • On weekdays, untangle the threads one from the other before reciting the blessing. • One who wears a tallit gadol (large tallit) for the morning prayer should not recite a blessing over the tallit katan. See Laws, page 586.

Stand and hold the tzitzit in the right hand (a left-handed person holds the tzitzit in the left hand), recite the following blessing, and then kiss the tzitzit before releasing them.

Hebrew

בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה, אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָׁנוּ*
בְּמִצְוֹתָיו, וְצִוָּנוּ עַל מִצְוַת צִיצִית:

Chabad

boruch atoh Adonoy, Eloyheinu melech ho-oylom, asher kid'shonu*
b'mitzvoysov, v'tzivonu al mitzvas tzitzis:

BLESSING ON THE TZITZIT4

BLESSING ON THE TZITZIT⁴