Yosef Chaim

“ Tammuz-Av-Elul, but Ya`akov Avinu a"h overcame and snatched from him Elul and what remained in his hand was Tammuz and Av alone, and this is why he dominated in them during the churban/destruction of the Temple and dealt bad to Yisrael in them, but in the future these two also will be taken from him and Yisrael will dominate in them, and these two months will be festivals to Yisrael. This is what they say. ”

“ What follows from the above is that the chitzonim ["outside;" forces that are outside of kedushah] have no grip on the ohr hamakif, which is why the serpent was jealous of Adam Harishon because of his ohr hamakif which he was bare of since he had no grip on it, behold from this is understood bsd the reason that the mitzvah of tzitzit is effective in remembering the mitzvot of Hashem as it is written, "u're'item oto u'zechartem et kol mitzvot Hashem/and you shall see it and remember all the mitzvot of Hashem" [2] . ”

“ Then first grab the two on the right and cast them behind you to the left, so that they be wrapped around your neck over your left shoulder to the back, while the two left ones remain hanging in front of you, and wait the short time length of walking four amot or slightly less, then follow by sending the left ones also behind you to the left, so that now all four corners are hanging behind you together on the left, and wait the time of walking four amot and then let the tallit that is wrapped around your neck go down over all your body. ”

“ But actually hayta lerosh pinah because this month will be father of all months, and do not think that the loftiness that will be in it in the future will be via flesh and blood which will not endure -- rather, "me'et Hashem hayta/from Hashem [shall be] ..." the loftiness of this month, and "...hi nifla't be`eineinu/it is wondrous in our eyes" -- divide the word in two and read it "B' `eineinu" i.e. with our two eyes of Tammuz and Av. ”

“ However if he removes it in order to enter the bath where he will stay long, it is preferable to say the berakhah as the Arizal did. This is what I brought up in my holy book Mekabtzi`el. But if he changes his clothes and dons a different tallit katan, even if he dons it immediately after removing the first one, he should say the berakhah on the new one, an this too is the rule with a tallit gadol if he removes the one that is on him and dons a different tallit gadol, he should say the berakhah on the second one. ”

“ And if it is less than a liter, even for foods and drinks it is not necessary to tip it somewhat, and here in our city Bagdad this is not a clear custom. Therefore they should be careful at least with this amount which is one hundredth in liquids and one in four hundred in solids. ”

“ Also further one should be careful to check each day and look at the strings at the top at the foundation at the hole, because if even one is severed there they are is disqualified. And in a pressing time, when he is late to come or the tzibur/congregation is waiting for him to do petichat haheichal/opening the ark or to read the Torah he can rely on on a chazakah and not check that time. ”

“ Also it is known what our Rabbis z"l wrote in Midrash Rabbah, that "me'od" is the yetzer har`a, and this is why it says "atem `ovrim bigevul acheichem bnei `Esav," meaning that even now you are taking Elul which at first was in Esav's portion, "ve'yire'u mikem," and therefore in this month you need to guarded from the yetzer har`a which is called "me'od," in order that Edom not win, which is the letters of me`od. But "al titgaru bam" --- [do not] meet up and acquire their land, "ki lo eten lachem me'artzam" --- only until "`ad midrakh kaf regel", i.e. ”

“ Preface/פתיחה "And Hashem-Elohim made for Adam and his wife honorable garments from [animal] hides, and dressed them." Behold it is known, what Rabbeinu the Arizal wrote regarding the garments of Adam haRishon. ”

“ And by this I explained bs"d the remez of the scripture "ben porat Yosef, ben porat `alei `ayin, banot tza`adah `alei shor/A charming son is Joseph, a son charming to the eye; women, [each one] strode along to see him" (Gen. 49:22) , for it is known what our Rabbis z"l wrote "lo hayu yamim tovim leYisrael ke'Tu Be'Av ukeyYom haKipurim shebahem bnot Yisrael yotz'ot vechulot bekeramim etc./there were no holidays among Yisrael like Tu Be'Av and Yom Kippur, when the Yisraelite maidens would go out and dance in the vineyards" etc. ”