Goines On: Tzitzit

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After Goines raised the shade over the back door, Mrs. Goines stood there for a few seconds enjoying the cold morning view. “Tzitzit,” she said, “those are what those rope ties on the bird feeder remind me of.”
    “Tzitzit?” Goines said. “What’s that?”
    “What are those,” she corrected him. “The noun’s plural. They’re the fringes, or tassels, that Orthodox Jewish men wear on their garments. I remember them from Shtisel.”