Shelach 15:38 · unit 3 — anaf / fringe that hangs free
Parashas Shelach · Aliyah 7 · Passuk 38
The Complete Passuk
דַּבֵּ֞ר אֶל־בְּנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ … וְעָשׂ֨וּ לָהֶ֥ם צִיצִ֛ת …
…they shall make for themselves tzitzis…
Chabad.org — 15:38
Source Citation
Torah Temimah: tzitzis means a branch/fringe that hangs free (Yechezkel parallel).
Core Text of Chazal
Core Text
תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: אֵין צִיצִית אֶלָּא עָנָף, וְכֵן הוּא אוֹמֵר ״וַיִּקָּחֵנִי בְּצִיצִת רֹאשִׁי״.
English: Our Rabbis taught: Tzitzis is only a branch [that hangs free], and so it says: “And he took me by the tzitzis of my head.”
Type of Learning
Physical form of the fringe.
What Is Learned
The threads must project beyond the edge of the corner, not lie flush with it.