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Why do we let go of the Tzitzis at ?????????? ???????????? ??????
This is a good question. Anybody?
I think it goes back to Rambam, but I forget why.
Because it would be to hard to hold them through the entire Amidah.
The gematria of ??? is the same as tzitzis – 8 strings (doubled because spun) X 4 corners, + 5 doubled knots X 4 corners = 104.
We hold the tzitzis to show our chavivus for the mitzvah, i.e. that ????? are ??????.
CrookedHillary: Do you have a source for this gematria or is it your own? Each corner has 4 strings that doubled not 8.
Taamei Haminhagim. Yes, 4 doubled is 8, then double it again because they are ??????.
http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14556&st=&pgnum=49&hilite=
CH: Thank You! I looked last week in that sefer by Krias Shema and didn’t see it.
huju, it does not go back to Rambam, there is no such halacha in hilchos KS tzitzis or tefila. This is the realm of minhag.
The sefer Ishei Yisroel on tefillah says that it comes from the siddur Yaavetz and it’s because this is the second ??? in two sentences, and twice ??? is gematria ???? and this is segulah (I think) for protection (I think) of one’s ???? (head). Look it up.
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