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The four strands of the tzitzit are passed through holes near the four corners of the garment
(Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 11:9-11:15) that are farthest apart. Four tzitzyot are passed through
each hole, and the two groups of four ends are double-knotted to each other at the edge of the
garment near the hole. One of the four tzitzit is made longer than the others; the long end of that one
is wound around the other seven ends and double-knotted; this is done repeatedly so as to make a
total of five double knots separated by four sections of winding, with a total length of at least four
inches, leaving free-hanging ends that are twice that long. Before tying begins, declaration of intent
is recited: L'Shem Mitzvat Tzitzit ("for the sake of the commandment of tzitzit")...
The two sets of strands are knotted together twice, and then the shamash (a longer strand) is wound
around the remaining seven strands a number of times. The two sets are then knotted again twice.
This procedure is repeated three times, such that there are a total of five knots, the four intervening
spaces being taken up by windings numbering 7-8-11-13, respectively. The total number of winds
comes to 39, which is the same number of winds if one were to tie according to the Talmud's
instruction of 13 hulyot of 3 winds each...
Rashi, a prominent Jewish commentator, bases the number of knots on a gematria: the word tzitzit
(in its Mishnaic spelling) has the value 600. Each tassel has eight threads (when doubled over) and
five sets of knots, totaling 13. The sum of all numbers is 613, traditionally the number of mitzvot
(commandments) in the Torah. This reflects the concept that donning a garment with tzitzyot reminds
its wearer of all Torah commandments. (Rashi knots are worn by the majority of Ashkenazic- Eastern
European- Jews).
[Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tzitzit]
Once again we see the rabbis marking their works with the number of rebellion. The last gap between
the lower knots on the tzitzit has 13 windings. All of the windings total 39, which is 13 x 3. Further
revealing the darkened understanding of apostate Judaism is the significance attached to the wearing
of the tallit by Kabbalah.
Kabbalah teaches that the tallit garment is a metaphor for G-d's infinite transcendent light. The
fringes allude to the immanent divine light which permeates every element of creation. By wearing
a tallit gadol or a tallit katan, a Jew synthesizes these two elements and makes them real in his life.
[Source:
http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/537949/jewish/What-is-the-Tzitzit-and-Tallit.htm]
Once more we must remind ourselves that the god of Kabbalah is Lucifer. Donning the tallit for a