A TASSEL — the twisted fringe commanded at the four corners of a garment (Numbers 15:38-39), and repeated, without the blue, at Deuteronomy 22:12 (not yet on these pages). The noun is used elsewhere of a LOCK of hair — Ezekiel 8:3 has a hand taking the prophet by a tsitsit of his head — so the picture is of something hanging and hair-like rather than a woven border. It is tied at the kanaf, the corner, which is also the ordinary Hebrew for a bird's WING: the same word Ruth uses asking Boaz to spread his kanaf over her (Ruth 3:9, not yet on these pages), where a cloak-corner and a wing of protection are one gesture. ⚠ The Greek Old Testament renders it kraspedon, which is why three scenes in Matthew — the bleeding woman at 9:20, the crowds at 14:36, and the Pharisees criticised at 23:5 for lengthening theirs — are all quietly describing this commandment. Numbers 15:39 gives its whole purpose in two verbs: you shall SEE it and REMEMBER. → first discussed at Num 15:38