Shabbat Musings #1 - Tzitzit

Shabbat Musings: Wearing Tzitzit!

July 7th, 2012 - Shabbat Shalom!

Good morning! Today, I've been thinking about tzitzits and how great they are! 

For family and friends who aren't familiar with the commandment to wear tzitzit, let's go over to Bemidbar (Numbers) 15:37-40:

"And Yahuah spoke to Mosheh, saying, 'Speak to the children of Yisra'el and you shall say to them to make tzitzit on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and to put a blue cord in the tzitzit of the corners. And it shall be to you for a tzitzit and you shall see it, and shall remember all the commands of Yahuah and shall do them, and not search after your own heart and your own eyes after which you went whoring, so that you remember, and shall do all My commands, and be set-apart unto your Elohim."

Debarim (Deuteronomy) 22:12 "Make tassels on the four corners of the garment with which you cover yourself."

But in the modern times, do we really have to follow this small, seemingly insignificant commandment? Our Messiah has the answer! 

Mattithyahu (Matthew) 5:17-19:

Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill.  For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished.  Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

It seems as if the Messiah was calling his taught ones to follow all the commands, even the smallest, most "insignificant" ones. If he called them to obey, why shouldn't we?


Also, the Messiah wore these tassles himself!

Mattitiyahu 9:20-22:"And see, a woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years came from behind and touched the edge of His garment. For she said to herself, 'If I only touch His garment, I shall be healed'. But Yahushua turned and when He saw her He said, 'Take courage, daughter, your belief has healed you.' And the woman was healed from that hour."

 The word "edge" there according to the Greek version of Mattithyahu is spedon meaning fringe or tassel!


Now, a lot of people will try to point to Mattithyahu 23:5-6 to say we aren't supposed to wear tzitzit as sort of a 'slam' on tzitzit wearing by Yahushua, but in fact, he's condemning the lengthening and thickening of tzitzit to kind of "parade your faith".

Mattithyahu 23:5-6: "And they do all their works to be seen by men, and they make their t'fillen wide and lengthen the tzitzit of their garments, and they love the best place at feasts, and the best seats in the congregations."

Now, I've had someone recently tell me that I've "ruined my shirt" by wearing tzitzit! How deeply offensive! I wear tzitzit as a reminder of the Commandments of Yahuah as I am commanded to do according to Scripture. The only "law" that was fulfilled was the "law" concerning the previous priesthood. The command to wear tzitzits is one of the least of the commands, but those who follow the least of these will be greatest in the Kingdom!

Try telling the Messiah not to wear His tzitzit! Remember, it's Satan's job to tell you not to obey!

Shalom! 

Baruch Haba B'Shem Yahuah! 

(Blessed Is He Who Comes In The Name Of Yahuah!)