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the baraita means that tzitzit do not have a maximum measure, i.e., the strings can be as long as one wants; however, they do have a minimum measure, and if the strings are shorter than this measure they are not fit. As, if you do not say so, in a case similar to it, where it is taught that a lu
But didn’t we learn in a Mishnah (Sukka 29b): A lulav that has 3 handbreadths in length, sufficient to enable one to wave with it, is fit for use in fulfilling the mitzva? This indicates that if the lulav is less than the measure, it is not fit. Rather, it must be that a lulav has no maximum measu
§ A baraita states: The verse states: “That they prepare for themselves strings” (Numbers 15:38). The term strings [tzitzit] means nothing other than strings that hang down [anaf], and so it states in the verse: “I was taken by a lock [betzitzit] of my head” (Ezekiel 8:3). And Abaye says: And one is
A baraita states: If one affixed the tzitzit to the tip of the corner or to the border [gadil], they are fit. R' Eliezer ben Ya’akov disqualifies them in both cases.
The Talmud asks: In accordance with whose opinion is that which Rav Giddel says that Rav says: tzitzit must be inserted into a hole above the corner and hang down onto the corner of the garment, as it is stated: “On the corners of their garments” (Numbers 15:38)? In accordance with whose opinion is