Tzitzit and How to Count Corners

The nature and principles of four-cornered garments.

There are few Jewish items more recognizable than a tallit.

Perhaps a Hanukkah menorah or a kipa. Maybe the Star of David. But whenever we see Jews in media doing Jewish things, they often wear a tallit. A four-cornered garment with tzitzit hanging from each corner.

These tzitzit, terribly translated as fringes, are strings, usually white but also occasio…