| How to tie tsitsit (NBS) |
| Amsterdam talitot tradition (NBS) |
Day |
Chazan |
Tsibur |
Shacharit |
||
|
All days |
Yes |
Yes |
|
9 Av |
No[1] |
No1 |
Mincha |
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Weekday |
No |
No |
|
Friday and eve of Yom Tov[2] |
Yes |
No |
|
Shabbat |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Rosh Chodesh |
No |
No |
|
Yom Tov2 & Yom Kipur Ne’ilah |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Ta’anit |
Yes[3] |
Yes3 |
|
Chanukah, Purim |
No |
No |
Arvit |
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|
Weekday |
No |
No |
|
Friday night |
Yes |
No |
Close of Shabbat and Yom Tov2 |
No |
No |
|
Yom Tov2 |
Yes |
No |
Yom Kippur (Kal Nidre) |
Yes |
Yes |
Close Yom Kippur |
No |
No |
|
Chanukah |
No |
No |
Purim incl. Megillah |
Yes |
No |
The chazzan used to wear a silken tallit, donated by a Mr. de Castro. At a certain moment the Rabbanim decided that the silken tallit was only permitted for Arvit. For the other services a woolen tallit had to be used.
Boys start wearing a tallit as of the age of 4-5years old.
Tsitsits have 10-5-6-5 windings, the number of yod keh vav keh
('י'ה'ו'ה).
The oldest source for this minhag is Rabbi Solomon Molcho, born in 1500 and burned at the stake by the Inquisition
in 1532. This can be found a.o. in ש"ע או"ח יא מגן אברהם כב,
in the באר הטיב נד and in משנה ברורה ע.
[1] No tefillin either
[2] High festivals and Regalim
[3] With tefillin