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From: abeles@mhuxm.UUCP (J. Abeles (Bellcore, Murray Hill, NJ))
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: washing tzitzit in washing machines
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Date: Wed, 25-Dec-85 11:15:13 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 25 11:15:13 1985
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> 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.

Another method which doesn't require finding rubber bands
is to tie a tight slip knot at each end.  When it's dry
you can just pull the knot apart, but when it's wet it holds
together.  The kind of knot I use is like a simple knot
with the end doubling back through the knot so you can pull
it apart later without futzing around.