Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Halakhah for Shabbat 64:6

אמר ר"ל כל הזהיר בציצית זוכה ומשמשין לו ב' אלפים וח' מאות עבדים שנא' (זכריה ח, כג) כה אמר ה' [צבאות] בימים ההמה אשר יחזיקו עשרה אנשים מכל לשונות הגוים [והחזיקו] בכנף איש יהודי לאמר נלכה עמכם וגו':

(Mnemonic: <i>Hate, Hallah, Terumah, Robbed, Law, Oath, Shedding, Uncovering, Folly</i>.)<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Catch words of the themes that follow, as an aid to memory. ');"><sup>15</sup></span> It was taught, R. Nehemiah said: As a punishment for causeless hate strife multiplies in a man's house, his wife miscarries, and his sons and daughters die young. R. Eleazar b. R. Judah said: Because of the neglect of <i>hallah</i> there is no blessing in what is stored, a curse is sent upon prices,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' What is stored — grain, wine, oil, etc. does not keep, with the result that prices rise. ');"><sup>16</sup></span>

Sefer HaChinukh

And know that even though this commandment is only obligated by the Torah when he has a four cornered garment (Mishneh Torah 3:18) - like there is no obligation for the commandment [to build a] parapet unless one has a roof - the Sages still warned much about this commandment and said (Menachot 41a) that it is fitting to pursue it. They also said (Shabbat 32b) that a person who is careful [in the fulfillment of this commandment] will merit to be waited upon by many servants, as the Torah equated it to and depended upon it the fulfillment of all the other commandments, as it is stated, "And you will see it and remember all the commandments of the Lord." And Rabbi Elazar said that one who is careful in this and tefillin and mezuzah is assured that he will never sin, as it is stated (Ecclesiastes 4:12), "The three fold thread will not easily break."
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