[Avodah] Contents of Avodah on Atifas Talis (Yishmealim) and the Gra

[Joel Schnur]

The Gra did not "change the din" of atifas yishmealim being a requirement.
He held that atifa means putting one tzitis in the front and one in the back
on both the right and left sides. He differed with the Gaonim, the Mordechai
and the Tur because the posuk says, Asher T'chase Bah" in the manner that
people cover, sometimes on, sometimes off their head. The only requirement
for atifas yishmealim is for an avel. Hence one doesn't even have to cover
his face down to his mouth or hold it there for the time length of daled
amos.

 

And since the requirement is front and back he also holds that one only
grasps the front 2 tsitis for krias shema, leaving the back two where they
are. As long as I am bringing that up, there is also no kissing or rubbing
the yes with the tzitis, only looking at them. He considers any of those
activities as a hefsik both during krias shema and after baruch sheamar
where he doesn't even require holding of any tzitis.

 

For further elucidation see shulchan aruch ha Gra, siman chess sif katan
dalet. Also latest Maase Rav with the Likutei HaGra and Kovaitz Meforshim
ois tes vov

 

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