Length of Tzitzit Threads
Question
What is the minimum length of the tzitzit threads including the windings and knots? And what is it without the windings and knots?
Answer
The measure is twelve thumb-breadths with the windings and knots, and eight thumb-breadths without them.
The measure of twelve thumb-breadths according to the Chazon Ish is approximately 30 cm, and according to the Gaon Rabbi Chaim Naeh, it is 24 cm.
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Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah
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