In one installment of the project focused on nature, “Prayer for Burnt Forests,” Weitz’s character ties a tallit katan around a fallen tree and wraps the tzitzit around its branches.

In that passage, familiar as the final paragraph of the Sh’ma liturgy, the Israelites are enjoined to place fringes (tzitzit) at the corners of their garments, and in those fringes to include a ...

And then came the greatest challenge: Someone asked if they could produce silk tzitzit [the religious fringes on the tallit], as well.. Until then, the sisters had been ordering wool tzitzit from ...

Answer: The custom of gazing at tzitzit when reciting the words Ure’etem oto was validated by Rav Yitzchak ben R. Sheshet (Rivash), a disciple of the Ran and Rabbeinu Peretz HaKohen. The Rivash ...