Tzitzis age

Posted: Sun, Feb 20 2011, 3:21 pm Post subject: tzitzis age

when do you start your boys with tzitzis? age 3? toilet trained? whichever comes first? second?

why?

Posted: Sun, Feb 20 2011, 4:32 pm Post subject:

from the third birthday

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Age three assuming he's (daytime) toilet trained. Both conditions should be met

Posted: Sun, Feb 20 2011, 5:53 pm Post subject:

Posted: Sun, Feb 20 2011, 5:55 pm Post subject:

Upsherin-age three.
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from when he's toilet trained - he doesn't have to be three

Posted: Mon, Feb 21 2011, 1:58 am Post subject:

This is definitely one of those AYLOR situations.

As I wrote above, we put on from the child's third birthday, regardless of the diaper situation; we were told to simply change the child ASAP when necessary. Others I know who are of the same 'religious persuasion' as I , asked a different rav and were told to wait until the child was toilet trained.

Posted: Mon, Feb 21 2011, 2:21 am Post subject:

Three AND daytime trained. DS#1 wasn't trained until he was almost 4...as soon as he was trained he got tzitzit. DS#2 was trained before his 3rd birthday; he had to wait for his tzitzit. We don't make upshernish, so no connection there for us.
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Posted: Mon, Feb 21 2011, 8:20 am Post subject: re: tzitzis age

3, regardless of toilet training status, just change if they get dirty. BUT, neither of our kids of age wear them every day. We have trouble with our 4 year old who finds them uncomfortable and we don't send them to daycare in them as it's not a Jewish centre and they don't know how to care for them when toileting (forget) so it's just easier to send them without.
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At an age that they seem to be able to handle them, even before 3. Practically, my son started at 2.4, when he was fully toilet-trained. He wore them on and off before, but I put them away during training and then reintroduced them.
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Posted: Mon, Feb 21 2011, 12:06 pm Post subject:

DS started at 3. He was dry in the daytime by around 2.5.
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Posted: Mon, Feb 21 2011, 3:01 pm Post subject:

I was told that toilet training status is not important, since men do not remove their tzitzis when going to the bathroom.

Age three

Posted: Mon, Feb 21 2011, 3:32 pm Post subject: re: tzitzis age

We did age 3, toilet trained, had an upsherin... I made a big push for my boys to be trained by 3 - I think only one of them had issues after 3, but they were sporadic. Huh. I think my memory must be going - I'm not sure I remember clearly anymore. All of my boys were trained before 3 or by their upsherin - just under the nose Smile

- my dd took longer, but then again, she doesn't wear tzitzis Smile

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