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May Women Wear Tzitzit or Tefillin?

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Women are allowed to perform time-controlled mitzvot and, according to Chabad custom, can also say the blessing “Who has sanctified us with His commandments …” and even receive Heavenly reward for this. Examples of such mitzvot are: hearing the shofar on Rosh HaShana and blessing the lulav on the festival of Succot. What is the difference between the abovementioned mitzvot that women in our generation perform, and other time-controlled mitzvot like Tefillin and Tzitzit, which some women in Jewish history, like Rashi’s daughters and King David’s wife Michal, did perform?

There are no hard and fast rules about white shirts. In general, a white shirt is considered to be a modest but respectable garment, and a person should wear clothing that is respectable.

Also, part of the day is spent standing in prayer in front of the Creator, and this certainly warrants respectable attire.

In any case, the main thing is not the external garments, but rather the spiritual ones, namely, a person’s thought, speech, and deed. Physical clothing is only a means to the end, the goal being purity of spiritual garments.

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