[Avodah] dropping tzistzis after Shema

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 07:00:36AM -0400, Allen Gerstl wrote:
: Here is a collection of sources on the minhagim of holding tzizit during
: Keriyat Shema:http://www.daat.ac.il/daat/kitveyet/maaliyot/ahizat-2.htm

: Among the sources brought there are Kitzur Shulchan Aruch Siman 17,
: Seif 7 and Mishnah Berurah Siman 24, Seif 2 [Seif Katan 4].
: All I found as to why specifically the tzizit are put down at "l'ad"
: is that such is brought in the Kitvei Arizal. Perhaps someone can
: comment further after checking the sources.

What I learned checking the sources given by R' Simon Montagu in a
previous iteration (Jan 2005):

The MA (OC 24, s' 2, s"q 1) mentions Kisvei haAriv, but WRT to kissing the
tzitzis at this point. I think letting go of them then is a consequence
of it being the last time they're needed for kissing. (And not, as I had
thought prior to the discussion, that at "la'ad" we give them a parting
kiss, with the letting go being the iqar.)

The Kaf haChaim (s"q 8) quotes Sha'ar haKavanos (derush "Qeri'as Shema
27b) about it length.

Also, the MA mentions looking at them for ure'isem oso and kissing them
at la'ad, but nothing about kissing them when saying the word tzitzis.
And this is what one sees in the Gra and MB.

If you go back to the 18th cent, RDBannet tells us, there is mention of
kissing the tzitzis three times, but not at the word "tzitzis".

So, all I did was rephrase the question. Why is there a minhag to kiss
one's tzitzis at "la'ad"?

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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