Orthodox Conversion to Judaism
Tefillin, Tzitzit, Mezuzah
Tzitzit
Male Jews will wear a garment called tallit ar tallis (small robe) which is a four cornered garment often made of wool with fringes, called tzitzit. These are worn to fulfil the commandment "They shall make for themselves fringes on the corners of their garments...  And you shall see them and remember all the commandments" Numbers 15:38-39
The talit should be worn so that the tzitzit  can be seen outside of the shirt though many will tuvk the frignes into their shirts.
One who recite the Shema without wearing tzitzit bears false witness against himself.
It is prohibited to cover oneself with a garment that requires frignes but does not have them.  If he puts on such a garment, he transgresses the positive commandment of tzitzit.
A blessing is recited whe donnin tzitzit.
The threads of the Tzitzit should be carefully examined to ensure they aren't torn and that the threads are separated.
The Torah describes tefillin as a sign, a public statement of Jewish involvement.  By donning Tefillin daily, an individual  gives expression to his basic feelings of Jeowhs identity, and its importance to him.
The Tefillin are placed on the arm facing the heart, and on the head.  This signifies the binding of one's emotional and intellectual powers to the service of G-d.
The straps, stretching from the arm to the hand and from the head to the legs, signify the transmission of intellectual and emotional energy to the hands and feet, symbolizing deed and action.
When one is putting on Tefillin, he should bear in mind that Hashem commanded us to write on the parchment contained in the Tefillin the four specific passages which mention His unity and the exodus from Egypt in order that we remember the miracles and wonders He performed for us.  They indicate His unity and demonstrate that He has power and dominion over those above and below to do with them as He whishes.  He has enjoined us to place the Tefillin on the arm and adjacted to the heart and on the head over the brain so that we submit our soul which is in the brain, as well as the desires and thoughts of our heart to His service.
Tefillin
Mezuzah
A Mezuzah designates a house, or room as Jeiwsh.
G-d gave us the commandment in Deut. 6:9... "and you shall write them (the commandments) upon the doorposts of your house and on your gates."
The Mezuzah reminds us that the blood protects us against the enemy's attacks.  If you look at the picture you can see the letter 'shin'  in Hebrew, we see that it is an abreviation to El Shaddai.
The name El Shaddai at the doors is a note to remind us of all His works in our lives.  "El" means power and "Shaddai" means "The one who nourishes".
El Shaddai is also an acronym  to the phrase: "Shomer daltot Israel", which means guardian of the gates of Israel.
The Mezuzah should be on the right doorpost of every room.  In a Mezuzah, there must be a parchment with the first two paragraphs of the Shema written by a professional  scribe (Sofer).  Mezuzot that are printed or improperly written are invalid as well as Mezuzot that have faded or cracked.
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