{"id":114524,"date":"2026-11-08T16:17:02","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T16:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=114524"},"modified":"2026-11-08T16:17:02","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T16:17:02","slug":"tzitzit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/tzitzit\/","title":{"rendered":"Tzitzit: What the Fringes on a Jewish Prayer Shawl Mean"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Tzitzit are the knotted fringes God told Israel to wear on the corners of their garments, so that every time they looked at them they would remember his commandments (Numbers 15:37\u201341; Deuteronomy 22:12). Jews today wear them on the prayer shawl called the tallit and on a small four-cornered garment, the tallit katan, that goes under the shirt. You will also see the word spelled tzitzis, and hear it said tseet-tseet or TSIT-sis. A few threads at the corner of\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tzitzit are the knotted fringes God told Israel to wear. How they are tied, why 613, the blue thread, who wears them, and the fringe in the Gospels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-114524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bible-study"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":114643,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/dion-dimucci-faith\/","url_meta":{"origin":114524,"position":0},"title":"Dion DiMucci&#8217;s Faith: Addiction, Christ and the Catholic Church","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"noviembre 8, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Dion DiMucci quit heroin after a prayer in 1968, says he had a vision of Christ in 1979, spent 18 years as a Protestant and came home to Catholicism in 1997.","rel":"","context":"En \u00abChristian History\u00bb","block_context":{"text":"Christian History","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/category\/christian-history\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Jesus healing the sick, in the style of Caravaggio","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/jesus-healing-caravaggio-78ec5773.webp?fit=900%2C672&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/jesus-healing-caravaggio-78ec5773.webp?fit=900%2C672&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/jesus-healing-caravaggio-78ec5773.webp?fit=900%2C672&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/jesus-healing-caravaggio-78ec5773.webp?fit=900%2C672&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":114638,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/who-was-tim-keller\/","url_meta":{"origin":114524,"position":1},"title":"Who Was Tim Keller? 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