May a borrower recite a blessing when wearing a borrowed tallit that already has valid tzitzit?
Synopsis
The Mechaber rules that a borrower who receives a tallit already fitted with tzitzit recites a blessing immediately. Some later authorities required the owner to explicitly give it as a conditional gift, but the majority of later poskim agree with the Shulchan Arukh.
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