Mussar - Putting on Shirts

Clothing Yourself Before You Fully Understand Who You Are - Under the Table and How to Get Up Chapter 7

A Shirt That Means Something

In this chapter, the Wise Man tells the Prince something simple.

Turkeys can wear shirts.

It sounds almost humorous at first. But Greenbaum is not talking about fabric. He is talking about formation.

In Jewish life, clothing has spiritual meaning. Observant Jewish men wear tzitzit, which are garments with fringes attached to the…