Is there a custom to look at and touch the tzitzit to one's eyes when reaching 'v'ra'item oto' during Kriat Shema?
Synopsis
The Mechaber describes this as a beautiful custom showing love for the mitzvah. The Rema adds the practice of kissing the tzitzit. The Mishnah Berurah notes a tradition that passing tzitzit over the eyes guarantees protection from blindness, but rules a blind person should not do so.
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