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A close-up of a man in a suit with tzitzit, standing indoors against a paneled wall

Jewish Tradition

Why do Jews Have Strings Sticking Out of Their Shirts? What Are Tzitzit?

Those white strings hanging from a Jewish man’s shirt aren’t a fashion choice. They’re tzitzit, a Torah commandment worn daily as a physical reminder of God’s 613 commandments, and they’ve been practiced unbroken for thousands of years.

Magazine·Jun 2, 2026