What is the required number of tzitzit strings per corner, and what happens if more are added?
Synopsis
Four threads folded to make eight per corner is the Torah requirement. Adding more strings is a dispute: the Mechaber rules it invalid; the Gra holds the opinion of the Itur that adding strings from the same species is permitted.
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