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Tzitzit Part 2
Tzitzits are tied with a series of wraps and knots that contain a code to remind the believer of God’s commandments, His instructions to be Holy, and the essence of His Word, “Hear O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord:”
The numerical value of the word tzitzit (fringes) is 600. Each of the fringes contains 8 threads and 5 knots, making a total of 613. This number corresponds to the 613 commandments contained in the Torah.
In making the fringes, one winds the long thread around the other threads between the 5 knots 7, 8, 11, and 13 times respectively. The first three numbers equal 26, which is the numerical value of the Tetragrammaton YHVH. The remaining number equals the numerical value of the word ehad(“one”)–the last word in the opening verse of the Shema. The fringes of the tallit thus not only remind the Jew of the 613 divine commandments, but also underscore the central theme of Judaism, ‘Hear O Israel, the Lord our God is One.”
Stories such as Matthew 14:34-36 take on new meaning in this new light, “And when they were gone over, they came into the land of Gennesaret. And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that were diseased; And besought him that they might only touch the hem (tzitzit) of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.
“And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border (tzitzit) of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.” Mark 6:56
There is one blue thread in the tzitzit that has profound meaning as well.
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