S/o what kind of tzitzis does your dh wear

amother

Oatmeal

Wed, Sep 18 2024, 8:21 pm

Wow surprised how many people wear wool. Cotton- heimish for reference. DH doesn't wear at night, but many chassidish do. Supposed to be a shmira not to have wet dreams.

amother

Chicory

Wed, Sep 18 2024, 8:55 pm

BT. Wore wool for a long time. Then stopped wearing for a very long time. Then after oct 7 stsrted again. Wears the breathable tshirt kind.

amother

Jetblack ↓

Wed, Sep 18 2024, 10:43 pm

This question comes up the whole time.

DH wears cotton with thin strings over a undershirt.
Doesn't wear for bed. -didn't know it was a thing until Imamother.

amother

Firebrick

Thu, Sep 19 2024, 6:37 am

We've had this many times on ima.

Dh is yeshivish, but really not so yeshivish anymore in certain senses. always wears a white shirt but Watches youtube, has a smart phone.

He holds that wool is the preferred way he only wears wool.
He also holds that you're supposed to have clothes between the tzitzis and the skin, so my boys always wear undershirts and never wore t-shirt tzitzis.

Ds over bar mitzvah wears wool on shabbos, sometimes cotton during week. Phasing out of cotton.

Ds under bar mitzvah wears cotton.

amother

↑ OP

Thu, Sep 19 2024, 6:57 am

What’s the difference between the cotton and undershirt type?

Ruchel ↓

Thu, Sep 19 2024, 7:32 am

Whatever is kosher, and doesn't hurt, should be the answer. I was forced into wool tights for school as a child and I scratched to blood so I understand.

amother

↑ Crocus

Thu, Sep 19 2024, 7:48 pm

Ruchel wrote:

Whatever is kosher, and doesn't hurt, should be the answer. I was forced into wool tights for school as a child and I scratched to blood so I understand.

😞
I think most guys wearing wool have an undershirt underneath so it doesn't touch their skin

pause

Thu, Sep 19 2024, 8:30 pm

amother Crocus wrote:

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I think most guys wearing wool have an undershirt underneath so it doesn't touch their skin

AFAIK one isn't allowed to wear tzitzis straight on skin; that's the controversy with the undershirt tzitzis. It's undershirt, tzitzis, shirt. Or undershirt, shirt, tzitzis aka bib.

amother

↑ Chambray ↓

Fri, Sep 20 2024, 4:16 am

amother Crocus wrote:

😞
I think most guys wearing wool have an undershirt underneath so it doesn't touch their skin

They do. Tzitzis can’t touch your skin.
Even it’s it’s cotton or mesh.

amother

↑ Jetblack

Fri, Sep 20 2024, 4:26 am

amother OP wrote:

What’s the difference between the cotton and undershirt type?

Cotton is like the wool ones just made with cotton, most upsherin boys wear those I think even in the chassidish world.
Undershirt type are made from the fabric of an undershirt with the slight stretch and sown half way down the sides.

amother

↑ Chambray ↓

Fri, Sep 20 2024, 4:29 am

amother Jetblack wrote:

upshernish boys wear wool.

↑ Ruchel ↓

Fri, Sep 20 2024, 4:42 am

My husband just said he doesn't have the minhag to wear something under and it's as you like. So I suppose everyone must ask

amother

↑ Emerald ↓

Fri, Sep 20 2024, 4:48 am

Ruchel wrote:

My husband just said he doesn't have the minhag to wear something under and it's as you like. So I suppose everyone must ask

Interesting. I have never heard of this. I thought it was halacha.

amother

↑ Chambray ↓

Fri, Sep 20 2024, 5:25 am

amother Emerald wrote:

Interesting. I have never heard of this. I thought it was halacha.

Exactly. Thought so too.

↑ Ruchel ↓

Fri, Sep 20 2024, 5:41 am

A (now two) quick google says indeed you don't have to wear something under. But I bet it's like so many things, different teshuvos.

amother

↑ Emerald ↓

Fri, Sep 20 2024, 5:48 am

Ruchel wrote:

A (now two) quick google says indeed you don't have to wear something under. But I bet it's like so many things, different teshuvos.

Can you post the links because everything I see says its better to wear an undershirt and it seem controversial to do otherwise.

↑ Ruchel ↓

Fri, Sep 20 2024, 5:55 am

I'd rather not. Last time I gave a name the rav got harassed by a poster. No one should change anyway, but a question can be asked.