Shelach: How Can We Wear Tzitzis Nowadays? The Epic Question of the Sha'agas Aryeh

Okay, welcome everyone. We're going to start today since it's para it's amazing. I don't know where the time flies with a shila onus a question on today's dedicated by Dr. Jacob Yehuda today. This is an amazing question. The shagasar simmed shagasar one of the all-time great in France. We're in France in the city of Mets sh thevki said that just like anovi comes to every bris the shagasar comes to every bar mitzvah. You know because at the bars you got to say over a question from the shagasar shagasar reviewed the shas a thousand times they once asked somebody once came to Kyvski and I think Kyvski told somebody to review the shots a thousand times so they asked how's that possible said basically in a half hour you should be able to review all the main principles of shas Anyway, he's this is cited in the safer. My friend Dr. Gdalia Schwarz got me this set. Our minhug is today we wear a talis. We wear titsis with wide strings. We do not wearas. That's the minug. We don't have We only have We don't have Are you allowed to do that? Are you allowed to wear white without wearing? So the Mishna says it should be okay because one is not the other. Even if you have one, you're still you could wear white without the blue. You could wear the blue without the white. But wait a second. What would the haka be if you wore a four cornered garment and you didn't put on the white? What are you better off doing? Not wearing anything or wearing a four cornered garment and not putting on the white? Of course, it's better not to do anything. You're not allowed to put on a seeming you can't put on a four cornered beet and not put on the white. What do you call that? Your matzvah. You're not to wear a four cornered garment without putting on the white. What about somebody who wears a four cornered garment, puts on the white, has blue, and doesn't put it on? He's being the ask. It's very nice. Fine. And if you put on a four cornered garment and you wear the white strings, you're the mitzvah of the white. But you're not allowed to do that because by putting on a four cornered garment you're being to wear. So you say, "Okay, I'll wear a blue shirt with white trimmings around the sleeves." Not that's nice, but it's still not in the midst of that way. Why is it everyone's wearing blue today? Even I'm wearing my blue tie, you know. Is that It's nice. Blue is a good color. That's You hear the shagasar. How is it permitted to wear by putting on the four corner garments? I I understand you're m the mitzvah of but you're being mum the mitzvah of or we'll see maybe not be that's the shagasar's question in simmon lid bay you get the question you understand the question because you're wearing green that's why when when at what when is mishak in the morning when you could tell the difference between blue and green. You know, >> that's why we walked in together. >> How are you allowed to wear tits with this man? You're better off keep, you know, just put on an undershirt and a shirt on top. I But then I don't I'm not fulfilling the mitzvah of tits. Okay. I'm not obligated to fulfill the mitzvah of tits. You know that there's no biblical obligation to fulfill a mitzvah of tits. It's only if you have a four cornered garment, then you have to put strings on your garment. It happens to be minog is to go out of your way and to wear a four cornered garment and to put strings on it and because it's a min it's like a ne and if you don't wear tits it's like being a ne you have to wear titus you can't say you know it's very hot today I'm not wearing tits you know I'll do that you know I'll do that however even though so but you're not biblical ally required to put on a four corner garment. But if you do have a fourc corner garment, you're biblically obligated to put white strings and blue strings. So I'm putting on white strings. Yeah, but you're not putting on blue strings. So you're better off not wearing a fourc cornered garment. This way you're not being the mitzvah of that's the amazing question of the shagasar. You already had a good week. It's only Sunday and you already had a good week cuz you heard the kash of the shagasar. You're going to meet somebody later. You going anywhere interesting today? Anybody? No, tomorrow. I have a wedding tomorrow. You see someone at the wedding? Did you hear the couch of the shagasar? You asked the guy, "Are you wearing tits?" Yeah. Why? You're not allowed to. It's user to wear tits. says the shagisar from here is a to the opinion of the morai in the hatanism and tough tough that what if a guy doesn't have strings you're allowed to wear a four corner garment you're only not allowed to wear a four corner garment if you don't have strings if you do have if you if you do have strings you only can't wear a four corner garment if you have strings and you don't put them on but if you don't have strings You're allowed to put yourself in a mat of you hear this. You're allowed to put yourself in a situation where by going there or doing this I will be able to going to this place or doing this thing I will now be obligated to perform and I won't be able to because of and I'm being I'll give you example some people they want to start up. They want to say maybe you can't be inim because maybe you have to bring a carbon pes maybe you should stay out of for pes because if you're there you have to bring the car pesak maybe you should be far away be far away first of all if if it's a legitimate not being able to bring the karm we don't even know that you're allowed to most places say you're not allowed to yeah and you're doing that's what the shagar says there's a rule you're allowed to put yourself in a situation where you won't be able to perform the mitzvah in because of the today that they call >> you want me to comment on what they the say that they call should you what do you have to lose >> that's the subject you want to know about the today what do you have to lose is to wear it, the place going to say not to. Rabbi Yasha wrote a chuba. Don't do it. It's a big topic. There's a sixpart series on it. >> But because we don't have today, you're not sure what it is. That's the reason why you're >> So we don't have today. So not putting on it's an there's nothing you could do. >> Exactly. But that answers the shagasar's question. And that's why we're led aware of the senses today because you're not about to limit. >> No, but but listen carefully to what he's saying. We knew that we knew we knew the the question understands accepts the fact that there's no way to get today. Let's say let's say there's no way to get to but still he's asking you shouldn't put on a four corner garment because you're violating the the mitzvah of wearing. Now you say it's against my will. You're allowed to do you're allowed to put yourself in situations where you're violating aver against your will. Let's say you know I'll give you an example. Let's say you know you're going to go to a certain place. They're going to force you to serve a desire to go there. It's not my fault. They're forcing me. I'm annoying us. No, don't go there. So Shagasari's question is how are you allowed to put on the garment in the first place? Oh, but if I put on the garment, it's not my fault I don't have. It's not your fault. But don't put yourself in that situation. His question is don't put yourself in that situation. So he's being a revolutionary idea that it's permitted to put yourself in a situation where you'll be doing an aa where you're doing it because of extenduating circumstances. In this case is not available and the violation is passive. If it was active, you wouldn't be allowed to. It's passive. That's the Got the question. You got the answer. Okay. Rabim Fishial Pearl wrote a commentary on and other he says but that only works out according to the Morai. But there is an opinion of the rash brought in the morai that you're not allowed to put on a four cornered garment even if you don't have any you live on a desert island and there's no white available because it's an ara to wear a four cornered garment without sitsus I it's an onus he holds you cannot put yourself in a situation where you're going to be violating a mitzvah even bash So ask the question then comes back according to these other how are we allowed to wear the primagadum seems to ask this question. And the primagadum seems to indicate that if white is not ma blue and blue is not ma white that also means that if you just have white you could put on the white and it won't be an a to put yourself in that situation. But asks just because they're not mak each other that just means you're mim the mitzvah but you shouldn't be mim the mitzvah meaning this question is saying I understand nobody's denying the fact that if you put on a four corner garment and you put on white will you get the mitzvah of the white yes but the question is saying you shouldn't do it you shouldn't be mai in the mitzvah of the white cuz you're also violating the sin of not wearing the blue You're allowed to do a mitzvah if it means violating an ava. You're allowed to do that. You're allowed to do mitzvah if it means doing an ava. >> But it's a separate mitzvah entirely. >> Yes. >> So why can't you be the mitzvah? >> But it's by being mitzvah of white, you're implicitly violating the mitzvah of blue >> because now you you're obligated to put blue, >> right? So the question is saying better keep the garment in your drawer. You have other things in your drawer. You have let's say like a handkerchief from an old suit that maybe it's not in style right now. Maybe you have a tie that you it's very wide. You know you have other things in the drawer. Maybe some people have clothing that used to fit. So put the foregoing garment in the drawer because if you put in the drawer, you're not doing you're not sinning. When you're putting it on your body, you're doing mitzvah and you're sinning. So what's better to do a mitzvah and to sin or not to do a mitzvah not to do a sin? Usually we say don't don't you have no right to do it. And why is it when you put on >> because at that point you want to say it's you're making a >> you're doing a mitzvah but the a you're doing is not putting on the blue. So says the following again. Shagasar said, "The fact that we we wear shows that you're allowed to put yourself in a situation where you're violating an but says what about according to the you're not allowed to." So he says, "A wondrous idea." Usually we say, "Can an push off an assay?" Usually not. He says, "But could a strong assay push off a weak assay?" Bris does on Shabas, right? >> No. Bris does it on Shabas. Brris is not pushing off Shabas. The Tory says that when a bris you do bris on Shabas. The Torah says so it's no because so it's not working through it's it's that the mitzvah the Tory says it's it's shabas was not given regarding milah says which mitzvah is greater love oras I would I would have had no idea. >> I love him first. >> What? >> Says it first. >> Does that mean it's more first it says? So the fact that it says >> it just says doesn't say I don't know if it says love on first even right this is what he says how do you make when you put on how do you do it first you start with the white then you put the blue and then you put white again says malenesh says Rashi of is more than the that's I didn't know that is more than so says the reason we were wear the of is the of because it's stronger now I just I will add it's in a situation with that's being you're violating it. I mean, normally we we won't say will push off another if you're violating the second. It only pushes off the second assay if you're violating the second. Yeah, I just wanted to share that with you because I thought that was a great question. How you allowed to wear tits today? Wearing tits today means now those who wear should definitely try to bolster their position by this question of the shagasar. So otherwise you know take it off. Yeah it's a great question. How are you allowed to wear titas today? You're violating the mitzvah of so says we see from here you're allowed to violate you're allowed put yourself in a situation he says um it's that if you don't have strings you're allowed to wear a four corner garment let's say a guy guy's on a desert island he doesn't have strings could he wear a four corner garment the morai says it brings an opinion you could and so that would explain why we wear four corner garments without because you're allowed to put yourself in a mat where you're violating and according to the that you're not allowed to official pearl has weaker. Yeah, that's number one. >> Okay, you ready? We're going to add to the uh what the shagasar said uh Nissan brought up a situation where somebody's titus get snapped on chabas. Let's say your tits rip on Shabas. Do you need to remove them? So says like this. This is inab says you know you um you find out on Shabas you're in a caralis that your talis is ple. So now what you're sort of carrying you don't have to remove it until you get home. cover. But if it would not be a carbus if it would be then you're carrying you would have to take it off. Okay. Now says a carist is a place where it's only to carry you don't have to remove it. But now the question is but I should have to take it off because I'm being the mitzvah. I'm wearing a four cornered garment and I'm not putting on it. So why am I allowed to continue to wear a puzzle garment on shabis says the mug of in the name of the um The never gave an you're now a we are forcing without they just put a you have is of carrying in a caralis. So, by the way, this now one second. Would you be allowed to put on the garment and carry it on chabas? That's a good right. In other words, the sha here in the case of the mishabura, a guy realized he's wearing four corner garment and the the strings ripped and the question is is he allowed to carry it in a carous or get embarrassed and start undressing in the caralas. So is we allow you to violate carrying and continue to wear this. What's the carrying? The carrying is you're carrying these extra strings cuz they're puzzle now it's carrying the garment you're wearing a garment. So the the kasha is but how you allowed to keep it on you're violating the mitzvah the wearing a fourc corner garment without sitsus says the there's no mitzvah there's no iser to wear a four corner garment without sitsus it's a to put it on but I can't do it so what it's it's still annoying us would I be allowed to put on the garment of yeah the only thing is not and not even in a caralis Why? Because that would be carrying. I can't I can't carry. But if I went home, so that means on Shabas, let's say I'm cold on Shabas. And am I allowed to put on a four cornered garment that doesn't have tetsus on it? I'm saying this. It seems like you're allowed to. >> Seems like you could. Okay. So, that's a good add-on. Okay.