I wear tzizitziot with a blue cord when I leave the house because I understand the command to wear them is blanket for men, women and children. However, I cant find depictions of hebrew women or children wearing them in Egyptian art. The one depiction that includes women and children does not have the men wearing them, either. The art with men wearing them interestingly has them wearing 3 tassles per corner (one for each tribe?) Can someone better versed in ancient hebrew please clarify for me if it is gender and age specific, or if it is a blanket command? Thank you!
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Rhy Bezuidenhout
Mark and I were just talking of gender specific laws in another post- https://social.ttn.place/post/55160&ref=16385
I think I see a pattern when it comes to the laws, but still need feedback whether my observation is correct:
1- If a law prohibits something between two people and the sin is on both of them then the law is only given from the male perspective.
2 - When a law is specific to a person and the burden of breaking it is on themselves then no gender is mentioned in the law.
The tzitzit law could be a tiebreaker in my observation as the law was given to men, but is it a sin not to wear it as that would then mean that my observation still holds water.
On the other hand, so it circumcision. Some want to make female circumcision a requirement, but this law was given to the men.
If we look at the commandment itself:
“Speak to the children of Israel and tell them to make for themselves fringes (tzitzit) on the corners of their garments throughout their generations... and you shall look upon it and remember all the commandments of the LORD…” — Numbers 15:38–39
Key Hebrew phrasing:
“דַּבֵּר אֶל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל” – "Speak to the sons of Israel"
This wording (בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל) has traditionally been interpreted to refer specifically to men.
So in my view, it comes down to personal interpretation of the verse.
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