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Menahot 43: Should Women Be Wearing Tzitzit After All?

02.23.2026 | ו׳ באדר תשפ״ו

More on tzitzit and the garments they are to be tied to. Also, all men need to wear tzitzit on a 4-cornered garment. What about women? Slaves? Those questions are subject to dispute – including the argument that they are positive, time-bound commandments, from which women are exempt. Plus, the parallel between tzitzit and sha’atnez, and the role of kohanim in wearing sha’atnez. And what about garments with 3 or 5 corners? (Hint: The 5-cornered garment needs tzitzit, but the 3-cornered one does not) Also, the focus on tzitzit being a time-bound mitzvah – for the daylight, specifically because “you shall see them” is included in the mitzvah of tzitzit. And in the seeing, the one wearing them is to remember…. some specific mitzvah, or all of them.

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Anne Gordon is the deputy editor of Ops & Blogs at The Times of Israel. She is a veteran educator, having taught in high school and post-high school institutions in Israel and America for several decades. Yardaena Osband is a pediatrician and teaches in her community and online. They both hail from Boston, proud alumna of Maimonides School, where they first learned Gemara. Talking Talmud is their conversation (via podcast) on the daf yomi. They say: “Learning the daf? We have something for you to think about. Not learning the daf? We have something for you to think about! (Along with a taste of the daf…) Join the conversation with us!”

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