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Shall he earn a few paltry kopecks in making _tzitzith_ (fringes for the praying scarfs) for the _Jehudim_ in the village?
Rabbi and Priest A Story Milton Goldsmith
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You deem it more important to preserve a certain position of the feet, a proper intonation of the voice during prayers than to fully understand the prayer itself, and in spite of your pretended belief in the greatness and goodness of God, you belittle Him by the thought that an omission of a single ceremony, the eating of meat and milk together, the tearing of a _tzitzith_ (fringe) will offend Him, or that a certain number of _mitzvoth_ (good acts) will propitiate Him.
Rabbi and Priest A Story Milton Goldsmith
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_tzitzith_, or fringes for the borders of the garments, on which the riband of blue or purple was put, as the gloss explains it.
Female Scripture Biographies, Volume II Francis Augustus Cox 1818
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