Numbers 15:37-40
³⁷ Yehova spoke to Moses saying, ³⁸ “Speak to Bnei-Yisrael. Say to them that they are to make for themselves tzitzit on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and they are to put a blue cord on each tzitzit.  ³⁹ It will be your own tzitzit—so whenever you look at them, you will remember all the mitzvot of Yehova and do them and not go spying out after your own hearts and your own eyes, prostituting yourselves. ⁴⁰ This way you will remember and obey all My mitzvot and you will be holy to your God. 

I’ve been involved in the “Torah Community” for roughly two years now, maybe a little longer.  Tracy and I make our own tzitzits and we wear them all day every day. Why?
Simply because Yehova says to.
That is why we make and wear them.
Do we need another reason?   No.
Is there a better reason?  Again, no.

Our experience with local Torah groups is that the majority of “Torah Observant” people do not wear tzitzits.  Or they might wear them on Shabbat when others will see them, but when you run into them during the work week, no tzitzits.
There are self-proclaimed Torah teachers and leaders who do not wear tzitzits.
Is this a big deal?
Or are tzitzits stupid?
Are tzitzits for the spiritually immature, while those who are mature in Torah are exempt?
Am I the tzitzit police?
Absolutely not.  I have no desire to be ‘legalistic’ about tzitzits.
But I do feel a strong need to tell you what scripture says about tzitzits. Then you can decide for yourself, with full knowledge, if you should make and wear them.

Let’s take a look at what happened right after Yehova gave the command for His people to make and wear tzitzits:
Numbers 16:28-33
²⁸ Moses said, “By this you will know that Yehova has sent me to do all these works, that they are not from my own heart. ²⁹ If every one of these men die a common death and experience what happens to all people, then Yehova has not sent me. ³⁰ But if Yehova brings about a new thing, and the earth opens her mouth and swallows them and everything that is theirs, and they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have despised Yehova.”
³¹ As soon as he finished saying all these things, the ground split under them. ³² The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, along with all their households, all of Korah’s people and all their possessions. ³³ They went down alive into Sheol, they and everything that was theirs. The earth closed over them and they were gone from among the community.

Here is a bit of background.
The Hebrew people were messing up.
They were not following the ways of Yehova.
And as a result, people were losing their lives because of it.
Some people consider the command to wear tzitzits as a weird, irrelevant, strange command that does not seem to have any reason or basis.
But it does have basis.
And it is not weird or strange.
The command to wear tzitzits is not a punishment.
Instead, I would consider it merciful.
Yehova recognized that people were losing their lives because of disobedience. He mercifully gave the command to make and wear tzitzits so they might be reminded of His words and His ways.

And what is the very next thing to happen?
Korah’s rebellion.
We don’t get much narrative in the scriptures to explain it, but we see this in verse 28:
Moses said, “By this you will know that Yehova has sent me to do all these works, that they are not from my own heart.” 
It would seem that Korah had accused Mosheh of making things up.
Korah seems to think that Mosheh was giving commands of his own making, as opposed to receiving those commands from Yehova.
While Korah may have been disgruntled about many things because of his negative attitude, it seems that tzitzits are what put him over the edge. I believe it would be improper to say tzitzits were the only cause for Korah’s rebellion, but I think it is reasonable to say tzitzits may have been the last straw for him.
And what happened as a result?
He got sucked into the earth, straight to Sheol. Korah, his people, and all their belongings went to Sheol, and they went the hard way…

We are speaking of things that happened long ago, thousands of years ago.
How could this possibly be relevant today?
Check out Numbers 15:38
“…make for themselves tzitzit on the corners of their garments throughout their generations…”

Do you see?
All generations…
It is just as relevant today as it was during the time of Mosheh and Korah.  When Yehova says something is forever, for all generations, never-ending —- He means it.  He does not mean it is sort-of forever, until men and women no longer feel like doing it.

Instead of viewing tzitzits as a punishment, or some weird command, or something embarrassing to destroy our fashion, we need to see them for what they are:  merciful help from our Creator.
OK, so what are the important details regarding tzitzits?
From the scriptures in Numbers 15, we get these key points:
— Make for ourselves
— Corners of our garments
— Throughout their generations
— Blue Cord
— Your own tzitzits
— When you look at them
— Remember the commands
— And do them
— And not prostitute after our own hearts and desires.
AND AGAIN, REPEATED:
–Remember
–And obey the commands
WHY?
–You will be set apart (holy) to your Elohim.

There is no need for additional explanation here.
I was thinking where I should go next with this…
But why?
Scripture is quite clear.
I can’t really expound on this anymore.
Follow the words and the ways of Yehova, and you will be holy and set apart to Him.
Make tzitzits and wear them, so you will remember the commands and do them, and not go whoring after your own desires, so that you will be holy and set apart to your Elohim.

I would like to speculate just a bit, before I go.
And please, please —- recognize this is pure speculation.

What if Yehova gives those who obey this command a supernatural protection?  What if Yehova protects those who obey and wear tzitzits from false doctrine and misunderstanding?  What if Yehova supernaturally helps those who wear tzitzits to remember and keep His commands?
What if this is not just about men and women?
What if the reminder that tzitzits provides is not by our own discipline, but is something Yehova does?

The best Torah teachers I know wear tzitzits. When I act as a Berean and compare their teaching to scripture, I see truth. Yes, this is a generalization, and may not be 100% true 100% of the time.
But generally, I have found those who wear tzitzits to be scripture based in their teaching.
However, I’ve seen self-proclaimed Torah teachers and leaders who do not wear tzitzits, and their ‘instruction’ is all over the place.
They bring in mainstream church ideas and habits. They bring in the Jewish traditions of men from the Talmud.
They disagree with scripture even…
I had one Torah fellowship leader and teacher point at scripture I was showing him and he said, “I don’t believe that.”
Another in the group later told me he thought he meant that he believed something other than what I believed about it, not that he was rejecting scripture.
But…
When scripture says something word for word for word, and a Torah teacher has beliefs and doctrine contrary to what it says, and points at it and states, “I don’t believe that” —- then what else can I take from that experience???
No matter, though…

What do you think?
Do you believe Yehova protects the thoughts, and beliefs, and the understanding of those who wear tzitzits, just as He commanded us to do?  Do you think it is important to wear tzitzits?

“As for me and my house, we shall serve Yehova.”
And, we’ll make and wear tzitzits.