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From: teitz@aecom.UUCP (Eliyahu Teitz)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: washing tzitzit in washing machines
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Date: Thu, 26-Dec-85 16:58:31 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 26 16:58:31 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.
> 
> Next I work on a machine to polish t`filin, like those for
> bowling balls, they'd be next to the pushka and....


	I find that putting the tzitzit in a  nylon mesh bag works best.
 After the wash just take them out and let them drip dry. The dryer does 
 horrible things to the strings. Also, bleach tends to make wool strings turn
 yellow. There are some people who just hand wash them in woolite.


			Eliyahu Teitz.