Tzitzit Tying Customs
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When I told a recent customer we offer a variety of different tzitzit tying customs, he was taken by surprise. "I was not aware that Tzitzit could be tied using different standards," he wrote in an email. "I thought they were all the same – so now I've learned something new. What are the differences? Is there a tzitzit tying custom based on denomination - Orthodox or Conservative – or region of the world – Ashkenazi/Sephardic?" I would estimate that at least 60% of the world's tzitzit are tied according to the standard Ashkenazi custom. In the U.S. that probably accounts for over 80%. The second most common are Sephardic, followed by Chabad and Yemenite/Rambam.
When I told a recent customer we offer a variety of different tzitzit tying customs, he was taken by surprise. "I was not aware that Tzitzit could be tied using different standards," he wrote in an email. "I thought they were all the same – so now I've learned something new. What are the differences? Is there a tzitzit tying custom based on denomination - Orthodox or Conservative – or region of the world – Ashkenazi/Sephardic?" I would estimate that at least 60% of the world's tzitzit are tied according to the standard Ashkenazi custom. In the U.S. that probably accounts for over 80%. The second most common are Sephardic, followed by Chabad and Yemenite/Rambam.