{"id":650,"date":"2015-07-17T14:42:30","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T19:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.draherin.com\/?p=650"},"modified":"2015-08-13T15:13:38","modified_gmt":"2015-08-13T20:13:38","slug":"tzitzit-what-are-those-strings-anyway-torah-babies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.draherin.com\/2015\/07\/17\/tzitzit-what-are-those-strings-anyway-torah-babies\/","title":{"rendered":"Tzitzit: What are those strings anyway? | Torah Babies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"651\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.draherin.com\/2015\/07\/17\/tzitzit-what-are-those-strings-anyway-torah-babies\/tzitzit\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.draherin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Tzitzit.png?fit=500%2C305&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,305\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Tzitzit\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.draherin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Tzitzit.png?fit=300%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.draherin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Tzitzit.png?fit=500%2C305&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-651\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.draherin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Tzitzit.png?resize=300%2C183\" alt=\"Tzitzit\" width=\"300\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.draherin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Tzitzit.png?resize=300%2C183&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.draherin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Tzitzit.png?resize=100%2C61&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.draherin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Tzitzit.png?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>After we realize that the\u00a0<a class=\"glossaryLink\" title=\"Glossary: Torah\" href=\"http:\/\/torahbabies.com\/definitions\/torah\/\" target=\"_blank\">Torah<\/a>\u00a0is not done away with, and we start to reread our Bibles, one of the verses we run across is\u00a0<a class=\"rtBibleRef\" href=\"http:\/\/biblia.com\/bible\/nasb95\/Num%2015.38\" target=\"_blank\" data-reference=\"Num 15.38\" data-version=\"nasb95\" data-purpose=\"bible-reference\">Numbers 15:38<\/a>.\u00a0 This is the verse where we are commanded to wear tzitzit, which is worded as fringes or tassel in most translations. Let\u2019s look at the verses.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a class=\"rtBibleRef\" href=\"http:\/\/biblia.com\/bible\/nasb95\/Num%2015.38-40\" target=\"_blank\" data-reference=\"Num 15.38-40\" data-version=\"nasb95\" data-purpose=\"bible-reference\">Numbers 15:38-40<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpeak to the children of\u00a0<a class=\"glossaryLink\" title=\"Glossary: Israel\" href=\"http:\/\/torahbabies.com\/definitions\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\">Israel<\/a>, and you shall say to them to make tzitzit on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and to put a blue cord in the tzitzit of the corners. \u201cAnd it shall be to you for a tzitzit, and you shall see it, and shall remember all the commands of\u00a0<a class=\"glossaryLink\" title=\"Glossary: YHWH\" href=\"http:\/\/torahbabies.com\/definitions\/yhwh\/\" target=\"_blank\">YHWH<\/a>\u00a0and shall do them, and not search after your own heart and your own eyes after which you went whoring, so that you remember, and shall do all My commands, and be set-apart unto your Elohim.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read More: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/torahbabies.com\/tzitzit-what-are-those-strings-anyway\/\">Tzitzit: What are those strings anyway? | Torah Babies<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After we realize that the\u00a0Torah\u00a0is not done away with, and we start to reread our Bibles, one of the verses we run across is\u00a0Numbers 15:38.\u00a0 This is the verse where we are commanded to wear tzitzit, which is worded as fringes or tassel in most translations. Let\u2019s look at the verses. Numbers 15:38-40 \u201cSpeak to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[2,44,72],"tags":[91,64,90,87],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.draherin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Tzitzit.png?fit=500%2C305&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5MjSO-au","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":653,"url":"https:\/\/www.draherin.com\/2015\/07\/17\/did-yshua-declare-all-foods-clean-torah-babies\/","url_meta":{"origin":650,"position":0},"title":"Did Y\u2019shua Declare All Foods Clean? | Torah Babies","date":"2015-07-17","format":false,"excerpt":"We would like to point out a few things about these verses that might help shed some light on what is going on here. 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