May the fringed tallisim that we wear today, which once signified free men, and on women now declares both equal stature and multi-hued individuality,

Continue to tie us to the generations of Jews who wore tzitzit before us, to our traditions and to the Jewish community;

Envelop each of us in a protective mantle, head-shrouded and inner-focused, floating in tradition or connected, with shawl to neighbor’s shoulder;

Celebrate passage from childhood to minyan member, non-Jew to tribe.

May the strings and knots of the tzitzit , that once represented commandedness, today represent our choice

to participate,
to perform mitzvot,
to search out ways of expressing Judaism that tie past to present and tradition to knowledge.


Service Section: Psalms, Poetry & Songs 
Source: ritualwell.org