Journal

The arguments, in the open.

Including the ones against us. Every serious objection is published here in full, with a reply underneath it.

Essay · 8 September 2026

Why this is not tzitzit — and why it is still the mitzvah

The verse names two things on a corner. One of them was lost for thirteen centuries. We have it back, and we wear it.

PTIL

Essay · 7 September 2026

The argument, in full

The verse as written, what later generations built on top of it, why no institution is asked to approve any of this, and what the name means read three ways.

PTIL

Published rebuttal · 7 September 2026

Do not put a Torah verse on a fundraising product

A serious objection: that attaching ritual vocabulary to a purchase cheapens both the verse and the people being raised for.

Objection published in full, with our reply

In reply to The corner of the garment

Halachic Q&A · 6 September 2026

Is this a chumra, or a chiddush?

If you wear one blue thread and call it the commandment, what is it — a stringency, an innovation, or neither?

Submitted anonymously

Published rebuttal · 2 September 2026

A rabbi's objection, printed in full

An objection sent to us in writing: the borrowing cheapens the verse. Printed as received, with our answer under it.

Submitted objection, with a reply

In reply to Is this tzitzit? No — and the verse is still being kept

Halachic Q&A · 26 August 2026

Is this tzitzit? No — and the verse is still being kept

What we claim, what we do not claim, and the wool-and-linen question, answered directly.

Answered in the open