[Avodah] Tzitzis on Tisha B'Av

[Chaim G Steinmetz]

 "kennethgmiller at juno.com" <kennethgmiller at juno.com> writes

The ArtScroll siddur for Tisha B'Av includes instructions *not* to 
kiss one's tzitzis during Baruch She'amar and Krias Shema of 
Shacharis, even though we do wear the Tallis Katan that day, and we 
do kiss the tzitzis at these points the rest of the year. ArtScroll 
offers no explanation for this change, and I have long wondered what 
the reason is.

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(Note: I have a sefer which points to Shut Riv'vos Ephraim 1:383 as 
the source for not kissing the tzitzis during Shema. I don't have 
access to that, but if someone else does, it might offer a reason.)

Akiva Miller



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The RE is obviously not the "source" of this minhog, just discusses the
"reasons", as I believe the minhog predates him.
That tshuva is a bit confusing, but the basic point is that since it
seems that on TB the tzitziz are worn "under" the clothes unlike all year
round (see SA OH 8:11, 555:1), therefore the tzitzis are hidden and not
taken out. However he brings those that feel that is only concerning the
BEGED and not the actual tzitzis, therefore they should be held.
CGS