September 08, 1972 • Page Image 50
…Regulations on Talit Fringes Linked to Man's Awareness of the Devine By RABBI SAMUEL J. FOX People refrain from using a knife to cut or trim the fringes at the talit' (WWI), osing their teeth instead. This is traced to the statements I the rabbis in the Mishna Midoth 3:4) where it is stated that stone which has been touched by netal is unfit for the altar. The -eason given by the rabbis pro- tibiting the use of metal for the alas stone is th...…























