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Materials for Tzitzit

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Which garment materials are obligated in tzitzit by Torah law, and which only by rabbinic decree?

5 opinions across 2 eras

Garment Materials — Torah vs…

Can wool or linen tzitzit strings exempt garments made of other materials (e.g., silk, cotton)?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Tzitzit String Material — Cr…

Is it permitted to attach linen tzitzit to a wool garment, or wool tzitzit to a linen garment, today when we have no techelet?

5 opinions across 2 eras

Kilayim Prohibition — Wool a…

Is a linen garment obligated in tzitzit, and is it permissible to make a tallit from linen?

6 opinions across 3 eras

Linen Garment — Obligation a…

Must the color of the tzitzit strings match the color of the tallit garment?

4 opinions across 2 eras

Tzitzit String Color — Match…

What is the status of a garment of mixed materials (e.g., some tzitzit of the garment's own material and some of wool) attached to a tallit made of non-wool/linen material?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Mixed Tzitzit Materials on N…

What constitutes techelet (blue dye), what are its requirements, and what is its status today?

4 opinions across 2 eras

Techelet — Requirements and …

Is techelet (blue dye for tzitzit) an indispensable component of the mitzvah, or can the mitzvah be fulfilled with white (lavan) alone?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Techelet — Does Its Absence …

Is kilayim (mixing wool and linen) permitted in tzitzit, and what are its limits?

2 opinions across 2 eras

Kilayim — Torah Override for…

What tzitzit strings should be used for a garment whose warp is one material and weft is another (mixed-thread garment)?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Mixed-Thread Garments — Tzit…

Is a third opinion — that wool and linen together (not separately) exempt all garments — halachically valid?

2 opinions

R' Meir of Rothenburg View —…