You are about to perform a mitzvah, a holy commandment of your Creator. Before you begin, pray. Ask Him to guide your hands. Ask Him to show you the way and to make your efforts to keep and beautify His mitzvah a success.

     Compose yourself. Eliminate all possible distractions. At each knot focus upon the book of the Torah that each represents. Likewise, at each winding of the shamash, focus upon the letter of His holy name that you are weaving into your tzitzith.

     As you begin to tie each corner, make the appropriate brachah or blessing. With white strings only you are not performing the entire mitzvah, so say only the blessing: “L’shem mitzvoth tzitzith”. With tekhelet you may say the brachah: “Baruk atah YHWH Eloheinu melek haolam asher qidshanu b’mitzvotav vitzvanu la’asot tzitzith”.

                                                                   May YHWH bless you greatly as you keep His Torah and mitzvoth!

Step 3.

Now space the whites, releasing

for the time being the tekhelet

strand, so that the top face (the

right) is 4 inches longer than the

under side (the left).

Step 5.

Now you are ready for your first

of five sets of double knots, all

which will be tied right over left,

left over right, so that the left side

remains stationary and the right

side, the one with the tekhelet,

goes back and forth around the

left.

Step 7.

and left over right ...

Step 9.

Prior to beginning the wraps, take

the ends of the left side and tie

them together in a slip knot.

Step 11.

Now you begin the first set of

seven wraps, simply wrapping the

tekhelet around the other seven

Step 13.

Repeat steps 5, 6 and 7, right over

left, left over right...