민수기 15:39의 주석

That is that He commanded us to make tzitzit (fringes). And that is His, may He be exalted, saying, "to make for themselves fringes [...] let them attach to the fringe at each corner" (Numbers 15:38). And [the two colors of strings are] not counted as two commandments, even though the main understanding for us is that the blue-purple does not impede the white and the white does not impede the blue-purple. For it is said in the Sifrei, "It is possible that they are two commandments, the commandment of the white and the commandment of the blue-purple. [Hence] we learn to say (Numbers 15:39), 'That shall be your tzitzit' - it is one commandment and not two commandments." And women are not obligated in it, as is explained in the first [chapter] of Kiddushin (Kiddushin 33b). And the regulations of this commandment were already explained in the fourth chapter of Menachot. (See Parashat Shelach; Mishneh Torah, Fringes 1.)

וזכרתם את כל מצות ה׳ AND YE SHALL REMEMBER ALL THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD — The ציצית will remind one of all the commandments because the numerical value of the letters of the word ציצית is six hundred, and there are eight threads and five knots in the fringes, so that you have six hundred and thirteen, which is also the number of the commandments of the Torah.

Scripture states, and that ye go not after your own heart,²²²Verse 39 here. — And since Kol (All) is the all-inclusive attribute it therefore contains all the commandments of the Eternal, and hence the Rabbis have said that the commandment of Tzitzith is of equal importance to the total number of the commandments (Beiur Ha’lvush to Ricanti, quoting the text of Ramban). in order that one should take care concerning it and not err through it.²²⁵I.e., by “mutilating the shoots” of faith, and thereby undermining the principle of the Unity (Tziyoni). See further my Hebrew commentary, p. 254, and see also Vol. I, p. 155. It is for this reason that our Rabbis have interpreted:²²⁶Sifre, Shelach 115; Berachoth 12a. “After your own heart. This refers to scepticism. After which ye use to go astray. This refers to idolatry.” That is to say, through the t’cheileth he should not think [in his heart] of any scepticism or idolatry, but it shall all be unto you for ‘tzitzith’ — that ye may look upon it, and remember. The Rabbis have also said:²²⁶Sifre, Shelach 115; Berachoth 12a. “After your own eyes. This refers to immorality,” similar to that which is written, I am He that knoweth, and am witness, saith the Eternal.²²⁷Jeremiah 29:23. The student learned [in the mysteries of the Cabala] will understand.
In the Midrash of Rabbi Nechunya the son of Hakanah²²⁸Sefer Habahir, 96. it is stated with reference to the verse, and the profit of ‘eretz’ (earth) is ‘bakol’ (in all):²²⁹Ecclesiastes 5:8. “And what is the eretz? It is that from which the heavens were hewn, and it is the Throne of the Holy One, blessed be He, and it is ‘the precious stone,’ and ‘the sea of wisdom,’²³⁰These are Cabalistic synonyms for the all-inclusive attribute of Kol. — The Ma’or V’shamesh [a commentary by Shem Tob ben Gaon on the Cabalistic passages in Ramban’s commentary] continues, on this basis, to explain a basic law in the commandment of Tzitzith, namely, that it applies only at daytime and not at night. Thus he writes: “Hence [i.e., since the t’cheileth in the Fringes represents the all-inclusive attribute, and we are commanded to look upon it, and remember etc.] the commandment applies only at daytime and not at night, for at night physical features are indistinguishable and nothing can be seen in its entirety, while only at daytime the wholeness and perfect harmony of the t’cheileth can be seen and contemplated for its profound meaning].” and corresponding to it is the blue thread in a garment of Fringes, for Rabbi Meir has said: ‘Why was blue chosen? etc.’” [as quoted above].