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From: warren@pluto.UUCP (Warren Burstein)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: washing tzitzit in washing machines
Message-ID: <245@pluto.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 22-Dec-85 22:14:02 EST
Article-I.D.: pluto.245
Posted: Sun Dec 22 22:14:02 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 29-Dec-85 01:00:25 EST
Organization: The Mayhem Institute
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Keywords: how to avoid tangles

For years I have been trying to avoid ruining talitot k'tanot in
washing machines by wrapping the tzitzit in aluminum foil.  Very
often the foil tore got all over the machine and the threads frayed
or broke.  Well today I tried bringing all four corners together, folding
all the tzitzit in half several times, and wrapping a heavy rubber
band around them.  This seems to keep the ends of the threads from
bouncing all around and getting tangled.

Next I work on a machine to polish t`filin, like those for
bowling balls, they'd be next to the pushka and....