Tzitzit & Tefillin · Orach Chaim 16

Garment Size Requiring Tzitzit

8 questions · 22 opinions

What is the minimum size of a garment required to be obligated in tzitzit?

5 opinions across 2 eras

Garment Size Requirement

What is the age of the 'independent child' used as the size benchmark for tzitzit?

5 opinions across 3 eras

Garment Size Requirement

Does an adult's embarrassment to wear a garment in public exempt it from tzitzit even if it covers a child's head and majority of body?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Garment Size Requirement

Does regular (keva) adult wearing of a garment in public obligate it in tzitzit even if it is smaller than the child-coverage measure?

2 opinions

Garment Size Requirement

What is the minimum length and width for a tallit katan to fulfill the tzitzit obligation?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Tallit Katan Size

Must the size standard for a child's four-cornered garment (requiring chinuch) be measured according to the child himself?

1 opinions

Garment Size Requirement

Should the shoulders of a tallit katan be made wide to prevent side-openings that might break the garment into separate sections?

1 opinions

Tallit Katan Construction

How should the 'marketplace' condition be interpreted — does it apply only to a marketplace proper or also to one's doorstep facing the street?

2 opinions across 2 eras

Garment Size Requirement