Test on Mishneh Berurah #2

Note: M.B. = Mishneh Berurah

A.H. = Aruch Hashulchan

51. Does the M.B. hold that a person

should cover his head with his tallis for
the entire davening, or just for
shemoneh esrei?
52. According to the M.B. should an
unmarried man who wears a tallis
during davening cover his head with the
tallis?
53. According to the M.B., when is the
proper point to make a brocho on your
tallis? While you are holding in front of
you unfolded, or while you are holding
it behind you over your head?
54. When a person make a brocho on his
tzitzis (tallis koton) does he have to
wrap it around himself like a tallis
(gadol) according to the M.B. and
according to the A.H.?
55. According to the A.H. should a person
put silver lining on his tallis (gadol)?
56. If there are a few people that are doing
the same mitzvah that requires a
brocho, such as tefillin or tallis, is it
better that one person make the brocho
and that everyone say amen (brov
am mehadras hamelech) or is it better
that everyone make their own brocho?
57. When buying a new tallis, should a
person make a Shechechiyanu?
58. If a person is listening to a brocho so
that he can be yotzei the brocho, and he
forgets to answer amen, is he yotzei
the brocho?
59. According to the M.B. what is the
minimum size of tzitzis in order to
make a brocho?
60. If a person checks his tallis before
putting it away at the end of davening,
does he have to check it again the next
morning before putting it on?
61. When putting on a tallis owned by a
shul does a person have to examine the
strings if he does not plan on making a
brocho? Why?
62. When putting on a tallis owned by a
shul does a person have to examine the
strings if he DOES plan on making a
brocho? Why?

63. According to the M.B. what is the

minhag when using a friends tallis to
get an Aliyah or to be the chazzan, and
what is the opinion of the M.B. when a
shul member uses the shuls tallis. Why
for each?
64. The Halacha is that after making a
brocho on the tallis, the person wraps
himself in the tallis and stands in that
position for the period of four amos. If
he hears a brocho during this time
period, is he permitted to answer
amen?
65. Why do tallisim have an extra piece of
material made of either plain wool or
silver threads, and called an atara sewn onto the tallis?
66. According to the M.B. should a person
make a Brocho on both his tzitzis and
his tallis in the morning?
67. According to the Shulchan Aruch
should one wear his tzitzis under his
shirt or over his shirt?
68. According to the M.B., if a person is
walking amongst gentiles, is he allowed
to wear his tzitzis tucked into his pants,
or tucked into the corners of the tzitzis
garment itself?
69. According to the M.B., if there is a
break during Yom Kippur davening,
and a person takes off his tallis and
goes home for a rest for one to two
hours, when he returns, does he need to
make a new brocho on the tallis? Does
it make a difference if he keeps on his
tzitzis?
70. If a person goes swimming for 2 to 3
hours and then wants to put his tzitzis
back on, what is the halacha and what
is the minhag regarding saying the
brocho?
71. A person must take off his tallis and
tefillin before going to the bathroom
during davening. When returning from
the bathroom, does he make a brocho
when putting on the tallis? Does he
make a brocho on the tefillin?
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Note: M.B. = Mishneh Berurah
A.H. = Aruch Hashulchan

72. Why does the M.B. suggest that a

person who is taking a nap in the
middle of the day without wearing his
tzitzis should place his tzitzis on top of
his body, or on top of his blanket that is
over his body?
73. According to whose opinion are you
allowed to have tzitzis made of cotton?
74. According to the A.H. and the M.B.,a
"G-d fearing Jew" should use tzitzis
with a beged (garment) made from
what material?
75. According to Rav Moshe Feinstein, can
one wear tzitzis made from Polyester or
Nylon?
76. Provide a proof that when wearing
tzitzis without techeles a person does
not fully complete the mitzvah in the
proper form.
77. If a person is wearing tzitzis with a
green beged - as they give in army what color should the strings be?
78. Does a plastic rain poncho with 4
corners and open on the sides require
tzitzis?
79. If a person has a coat that has a very
long slit that makes it into a fourcornered garment, and he wants to
make it exempt from tzitzis, is it better
to sew up the slit or cut one corner so
that it is round?
80. Can you make a pair of tzitzis from
leather?
81. If you have a 4-cornered garment and
you want to exempt it from tzitzis, can
you round off one of the corners by
sewing it in a circle without cutting any
material?
82. If a person is wearing a pair of tzitzis,
and he staples the sides closed with just
one staple on each side below the
halfway point, how can he make the
tzitzis kosher?
83. If a person has a pair of tzitzis like
"neatzit" or a "basketball shirt" that has
tzitzis on it, is he allowed to put a safety
pin on the sides to keep the
sides closed?

84. If a person has a Shabbos coat with a

very large slit, so that it appears that the
coat has four corners, how does one
determine if he has to fix the garment
so that it does not require tzitzis? Do we
measure from under the arm to the
bottom, or from the top of the shoulder
to the bottom?
85. Today's button-down shirts have four
corners: Two at the bottom at the front
and two at the top in the front. Why are
these garments not obligated to have
tzitzis?
86. What is the halachic debate regarding
machine-made tzitzis? Why do some
poskin rule that they are kosher, and
others rule that they are not?
87. Is there any halachic problem for a
religious woman to make the strings for
tzitzis?
88. Can one buy strings for the tzitzis that
are made in China?
89. Is a boy below the age of Bar Mitzvah
allowed to make the strings for the
tzitzis, or allowed to take the strings and
tie them on the garment?
90. If a person's strings on the tzitzis frayed
and separated from the bottom knot to
the end, so that there are now 16
strings, are the tzitzis kosher?
91. What is the minimum length of the
tzitzis strings, measured from the first
knot until the end of the tzitzis strings?
92. Must one use only one string as the
"shamash" to wrap around the strings to
make the loops, or can he use all the
strings alternatively?
93. If bought tzitzis in a store on credit
(without paying for them) and the store
owner later requests the money, and the
person does not pay, can he fulfill the
mitzvah (yotzei) with such tzitzis?
94. If a person steals wool, and from that
wool makes strings, and from those
strings he makes tzitzis, are the tzitzis
kosher?
95. If a person stole tzitzis strings, tied
them to a garment, and later on paid the
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A.H. = Aruch Hashulchan

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owner for the stolen strings, are the

tzitzis kosher, or does he need to untie
and then retie the strings?
If a person steals wool, and from that
wool makes strings, because there has
been a shinui hashem, the strings are
now his. According to the Be'er
Halacha, he is not allowed to use these
strings to make tzitzis, even though they
are his. Why?
If a person steals wool, and from that
wool makes strings, because there has
been a shinui hashem, the strings are
now his. According to the GRA, he is
not allowed to use these strings to make
tzitzis, even though they are his. Why?
Some tallesim are sold with one hole
for the tzitzis in each corner, and some
are sold with two holes in each corner.
According to the M.B. which one is
preferred?
Some tallesim are sold with one hole
for the tzitzis in each corner, and some
are sold with two holes in each corner.
According to the A.H. which one is
preferred?
Where should the hole for the tzitzis be
made in the corner of the garment?
Why is if one puts the hole for the
tzitzis in the wrong location, the tzitzis
are pasul?
If the tzitzis were placed in the correct
location, and the hole ripped so that the
tzitzis are now hanging near the edge of
the garment - but still hanging on the
garment - are the tzitzis kosher?
A person made his own tzitzis, but put
the hole in the wrong location and tied
the strings in this location. To correct
this problem, he made the hole bigger,
moved the tzitzis to the correct position
within the hole, and then sewed up the
hole in the correct location. What is the
reason that these tzitzis are pasul?
Why are the tassels of the tzitzis or
tallis never found at the corners, even
though they are often found along the
edges?

105. After making your tzitzis, are you

allowed to cut the strings with standard
scissors to make the ends straight?
106. If one looked at his tzitzis on Shabbos,
and saw that the knots and loops
became undone (and he may not retie
the strings on Shabbos), can he still
wear and make a brocho on the tzitzis
or tallis?
107. According to minhag Ashkenaz, how
many loops should be made on the
tzitzis, and what do they represent?
108. Tzitzis strings can hang from the side or
the bottom of the garment's corner.
Which is the preferred way to have the
tzitzis hang?
109. According to the M.B., when hanging
the tzitzis of the tallis, should they be
hanging from the long side (the tassel
side), or should the tzitzis be hanging
from the side of the garment (without
the tassels).
110. Why is one not allowed to have the
tzitzis strings hanging on a diagonal
directly over the corner of the tzitzis?