Here is something extremely important that you can do to help, even if you are not blessed to be in Eretz Yisrael right now and are presently anywhere else in the world.
One major reason for the importance of tzitzit is that a part of the mitzva is that tzitzit are supposed to remind the person wearing them of all the mitzvos of Hashem.
Rashi z"tl points out (Bamidbar 15:39) that when you add the 8 strings plus the 5 knots to the gematria of "Tzitzit" (which is 600):
8 + 5 + 600 = 613, the number of mitzvot in the Torah.
From the Front Lines
A kind friend wrote to share an experience early in a recent war — an excerpt from a letter printed in Hamodiah:
My neighbor's husband, Rabbi Gottleib, has a relationship with many of these Tzahal soldiers, as he is highly involved in being mekarev them. He is going down there (yes, to the Gaza border) where they are stationed today, to be mechazek them and to hand out tzitzis which, as you can imagine, most of them do not have. The Rav of the army told him they need 20,000 pairs of tzitzis. I think he is bringing with him today 900 pairs. But he needs many, many more! These chayalim are happy to receive anything that will provide extra shemirah during this frightening time.
Chazal say on Am Yisrael that if they are not prophets, they are children of prophets. Bringing the soldiers tzitzis as a shemirah has its source in the Zohar in our parsha of the tzitz — the Zohar says that the segulah of the Kohen Gadol wearing the tzitz is equal to the segulah of a plain Yid wearing tzitzis, as they both share the same letters.
Now, if the merit of the tzitz can save us from thousands of airborne rockets from our enemies, surely the merit of our tzitzis and brazenness can save us from the casualties of battle and bring to Am Yisrael a swift victory followed by the coming of our geulah, as hinted in the word "tzitz" which is gematriah "kaytz".
— Rav Brazil · Yeshiva Zeev Hatorah, Jerusalem
How to Help
Every $6.13 sponsors one pair of Tie Dye Tzitzit for a soldier.
Join the 613 Club — donate $613 to sponsor 101 pairs of Tie Dye Tzitzit to help protect our soldiers.
Please send an email to specify size of tzitzit and where they should be sent to:
raphael1 at TieDyeTzitzit dot com
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