בִּרְכַּת צִיצִית
Blessing on the Tzitzit
Check your tzitzit each morning to ensure they are not torn or knotted, and separate any strings that are tangled.
Do not say the following blessing if you are going to wear a tallit (prayer shawl) during Shacharit.
While saying this blessing, stand and hold the tzitzit in your right hand (or, if you are left-handed, in your left hand). After the blessing, kiss the tzitzit and release them.
On Tishah B'av, this blessing is said before Minchah.
Blessing on tzitzit
Hebrew
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה, אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ
הָעוֹלָם, אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָׁנוּ
בְּמִצְוֹתָיו, וְצִוָּנוּ עַל מִצְוַת צִיצִת:
Chabad
boruch atoh Adonoy, Eloyheinu melech
ho-oylom, asher kid'shonu
b'mitzvoysov, v'tzivonu al mitzvas tzitzis:
עֲטִיפַת טַלִּית
Putting on the Tallit
The Chabad custom is to put on the tallit and tefillin at אֵיזֶהוּ מְקוֹמָן, page 50
The Chabad custom is to wear a tallit only after one is married.
On Tishah B'av, the tallit and tefillin are worn during Minchah instead of Shacharit.
Before unfolding the tallit, place it over your right shoulder so that the tzitzit are positioned in front of you.
Say the following while checking the tzitzit to ensure they are not torn or knotted, and separate any strings that are tangled.
For illustrated instructions, see page 955.
Hebrew
בָּרְכִי נַפְשִׁי אֶת יְהֹוָה, יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהַי
גָּדַלְתָּ מְאֹד, הוֹד וְהָדָר
לָבָשְׁתָּ: עוֹטֶה אוֹר כַּשַּׂלְמָה,
נוֹטֶה שָׁמַיִם כַּיְרִיעָה:
Chabad
bor'chi nafshi es Adonoy, Adonoy Eloyhai
godalto m'oyd, hoyd v'hodor
lovoshto: oyteh oyr kasalmoh,
noyteh shomayim kayri-oh:
Unfold the tallit and hold it over your head and upper body.
Immediately after concluding the blessing below, wrap yourself in the tallit.
Keep in mind that God commanded us to wrap ourselves in the tallit so that we should remember to keep all of His commandments.
Blessing on tallit
Hebrew
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה, אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ
הָעוֹלָם, אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָׁנוּ
בְּמִצְוֹתָיו, וְצִוָּנוּ לְהִתְעַטֵּף בְּצִיצִת:
Chabad
boruch atoh Adonoy, Eloyheinu melech
ho-oylom, asher kid'shonu
b'mitzvoysov, v'tzivonu l'hisateif b'tzitzis:
While wrapped in the tallit, say the following:
Hebrew
מָה יָּקָר חַסְדְּךָ אֱלֹהִים,
וּבְנֵי אָדָם בְּצֵל כְּנָפֶיךָ
יֶחֱסָיוּן: יִרְוְיֻן מִדֶּשֶׁן בֵּיתֶךָ,
וְנַחַל עֲדָנֶיךָ תַשְׁקֵם: כִּי
עִמְּךָ מְקוֹר חַיִּים, בְּאוֹרְךָ
נִרְאֶה אוֹר: מְשֹׁךְ חַסְדְּךָ
לְיֹדְעֶיךָ, וְצִדְקָתְךָ לְיִשְׁרֵי
לֵב:1
Chabad
moh yokor chasd'cho Eloyhim,
uv'nei Odom b'tzeil k'nofecho
yechesoyun: yirv'yun mideshen beisecho,
v'nachal adonecho sashkeim: ki
im'cho m'koyr chayim, b'oyr'cho
nireh oyr: m'shoych chasd'cho
l'yoyd'-echo, v'tzidkos'cho l'yishrei
leiv:
Wear the tallit for the duration of Shacharit.
הָנָחַת תְּפִלִּין
Putting on the Tefillin
The Chabad custom is to put on the tallit and tefillin at אֵיזֶהוּ מְקוֹמָן, page 50.
For illustrated instructions, see page 955.
On Shabbat, festivals, and Chol Hamoed, tefillin are not worn. On Tishah B'av, the tallit and tefillin are worn during Minchah instead of Shacharit.
Stand while putting on tefillin.
Keep in mind that the tefillin contain passages from the Torah that describe God's Oneness and the Exodus from Egypt and that God commanded us to wear them so that we should remember His miracles, which show that He is One and all-powerful.
Additionally, keep in mind that we are commanded to wear the tefillin on the arm next to the heart, and on the head, corresponding to the soul (which is found in the mind), so that we may dedicate our heart and soul to God. By doing so we will remember God and minimize physical pleasures.
Place the hand-tefillin on the biceps of your left arm (or your right arm if you are left-handed), near the heart. While holding it in place, before tightening the strap, say the following blessing. (Have in mind that the blessing also applies to the head-tefillin.)
Blessing for the hand-tefillin
Hebrew
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה, אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ
הָעוֹלָם, אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָׁנוּ
בְּמִצְוֹתָיו, וְצִוָּנוּ לְהָנִיחַ תְּפִלִּין:
Chabad
boruch atoh Adonoy, Eloyheinu melech
ho-oylom, asher kid'shonu
b'mitzvoysov, v'tzivonu l'honiach t'filin: