Food is a basic necessity of all life on this planet. In this temporary world, Man must eat as a survival priority; in order to live. In order to sustain this natural life, man must work by either harvesting crops, hunting, growing live stock, or earning money so that they can buy food that others have harvested, hunted, or grown as live stock; for themselves and their family to eat and live.  
 
But Yahshua answered him, saying, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of Elohim.’ ” Deuteronomy 8:3,"So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of Yahweh."
 Yahshua (Elohim in the flesh) is teaching that just like Elohim provided in this temporary world natural foods like bread by which life must be sustained; so likewise in this temporary world man's eternal life is to be sustained by the daily spiritual bread of Yahweh Elohim's provided word; so that man can have life beyond this life. Our Master Yahshua also said: Matt 5:17 (NKJV) “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. 18 “For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled. 19 “Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches [them], he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Knowing that heaven and earth have not passed away and therefore there is much yet to be fulfilled, we as followers of the Master Yahshua should come to the Holy Spirit led conviction to be careful to obey the commandments in Yahweh’s word:Ezekiel 36:25Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. 26A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. 27And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.  
Acts 17:28,"for in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His offspring." What makes us different from the people of the world or even the law abolishing main stream Christianity of today is we strive like Yahshua to obediently keep the instruction of Yahweh Elohim's holy Law/Word in everything we do.  Proverbs 3:5 Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; 6In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths. We strive to acknowledge His leading instruction in everything from how we eat, dress, speak, think, and relate to Yahweh Himself, and each other. This article involves one particular aspect of how Yahweh our Elohim says we are to dress.
What are tzitzits (Tzitziot)? Tzitzits are tassels or fringes that attach to our clothing, each containing a thread of blue. The Biblical instruction is found in both Deuteronomy 22:12 and Numbers 15:38-39. When should we were tzitzits? First, let’s read the corresponding verses about tzitzits.
 
Numbers 15:38-41 “Speak to the people of Israel, and tell them to make tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and to put a cord of blue on the tassel of each corner. And it shall be a tassel for you to look at and remember all the commandments of Yahweh, to do them, not to follow after your own heart and your own eyes, which you are inclined to whore after. So you shall remember and do all my commandments, and be holy to your Elohim. I am Yahweh your Elohim, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your Elohim: I am Yahweh your Elohim.”
 
According to Yahweh’s word, the purpose for the tassel (Hebrew #6734 “Tsitsit” or plural “Tsit tsiyot”) is for us to look upon it and remember all of Yahweh’s commandments and do them. This is the primary purpose of the tassels. What is a tassel?According to the Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew lexicon it is:06734 tsiytsith {tsee-tseeth’} from 06731; TWOT – 1912; n f AV – fringe 3, lock 1; 4 1) fringe, tassel, lock
The commandment is simple enough. Tassels, that look similar to these...
 

 
, are to attach to your garments.
 
They contain a blue thread. Many understand that there are to be four tassels. The reason for this is because the commandment speaks of attaching the tassels to the four corners of our garments so it is inferred that there are to be at least four tassels...
 
Deuteronomy 22:12 “You shall make yourself tassels on the four corners of the garment with which you cover yourself."
 
Whether or not four tassels is exactly right, we know for sure that there are to be at least two, because the word “tassels” is plural.
 
The commandment itself does not literally state to wear a garment with four corners, but assumes the reader is already wearing a garment with four corners. During the time of Patriarchs and Yahshua the Messiah, a garment or robe with a rounded hem or bottom was automatically considered to have four corners. If you live in the Middle East or when you watch the news, you can notice Arabs wear a long dress called a thawb.
 

 
It is a long-sleeved one-piece dress that covers the whole body. This garment (thawb) allows air to circulate which helps to cool the body during summer months and does not literally have four corners. This is the same garment that today many Christian church priests wear. Because it is a one-piece garment, whose circular bottom hem or border wraps around the body and is automatically considered as having four corners. The symbolism of “four corners” should be clear. Just as it is a Hebraic idiom to understand that the four corners of the circular world which does not literally have four corners relates to the whole world (i.e. Isaiah 11:12;40:22), the four corners of our garments implies that we are to be fully clothed in the Word of Yahweh. Our whole being is to remember His commandments, always.
 
It is to be noted that there was also another garment that people used to wear over this one piece garment during the times of Patriarchs and Yahshua the Messiah. This in Aramaic is called bisht and in English is called a cloak or a coat. This was an outer cloak made of an expensive material such as silk or linen that also had four corners. So the tzitzit was tied on the corner of this garment. When Yahshua was crucified the soldiers took His outer garments (plural) and His inner garment and cast lots to see who would take it (John 19:23-24). This clearly shows that during the times of Yahshua there were outer garments and an inner garment that people used to wear.
 
In Hebrew, the word corners and edges are from the same word. Some have modified their clothing to contain a literal four corners or edges and then attach the tzitzits there. Some wear traditional Hebrew garments such as Talit for the tzitzits to attach to. A tallit is a fringed garment worn as a prayer shawl by religious Jews and Samaritans. The tallit has special twined and knotted fringes known as tzitzit attached to its four corners...

 
The Bible does not command wearing of a unique prayer shawl or tallit. Instead, it presumes that people wore a garment of some type to cover themselves and instructs the Children of Israel to attach fringes (ציצית‎ tzitzit) to the corners of these (Numbers 15:38), repeating the commandment in terms that they should "make thee twisted cords upon the four corners of thy covering, wherewith thou coverest thyself" (Deuteronomy 22:12).
These passages do not specify tying particular types or numbers of knots in the fringes. The exact customs regarding the tying of the tzitzit and the format of the tallit are of post-biblical, rabbinic origin and, though the Talmud discusses these matters, slightly different traditions have developed in different communities. The obvious intent of the commandment is to have the tzitzits visible on whatever garment you wear, to remind you to keep all the commandments of Yahweh. For those that are really concerned about having a literal four-cornered garment, the Talit is one of several invented means to accomplish this.  

 
...others, simply wear the tzitizts on their belt loops of their pants, as many have realized that belt loops have four corners as well. There also exist products that attach tzitzits to a four-cornered leather garment, that can then attach to your clothing in various ways. None of these methods are more right than the other. There are many different styles and lengths, as Torah establishes no other detailed criteria. They all fit what Yahweh is asking us to do…He simply said attached tassles containing a strand of blue to the four corners of our garments. How we chose to do that He left up to us. There are instances in which Yahshua condemned the Pharisees in wearing of their tzitzits too long (Matthew 23). This is not because it is necessarily bad to wear long tzitzits, but he knew the heart of the Pharisees. The Pharisees did not wear long tzitzits because it might better help them to better remember Yahweh’s commandments. Instead, their tzitzits were there to draw attention to themselves. That is not to be their purpose. So, when wearing them a certain way, we want to make sure we check our motives as to the reason why. There are instructional videos on how to make your own, and there are places online that sell them as well.
 
Not all clothing or circumstances are likely appropriate. Common sense prevails. For example, it would not make much sense to wear them with your swimming apparel where it can get easily impaired. It could also be dangerous when wearing tzitzits during heavy work with machinery, as they could become caught. Use your own judgment in these cases.
 
Some Question that since we in Yahweh's New Covenant have the Holy Spirit, Do we still need reminders?
 Numbers 15:39 And it shall be a tassel for you to look at and remember all the commandments of Yahweh, to do them, not to follow after your own heart and your own eyes, which you are inclined to whore after."
 
 
Originally I was one of those who agreed with many who assume that we need not wear the outside visual aid of tassels any longer since we have the Holy Spirit to remind us of His commandments. Their reasoning comes from this scripture:
 John 14:26- But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you. 
While it's true that the Holy Spirit does remind us of Yahweh’s commandments, and the new covenant outpouring of the Holy Spirit is Yahweh’s Law written on our hearts, it is also true that one of the ways Elohim the Father and Yahshua the Son who is that same Holy Spirit (JN 14:15-24) reminds us, is by causing us to obey His commandment to wear tassels! The truth is that even the Holy Spirit filled apostles were led by the Holy Spirit to write to the Holy Spirit filled brethren for the purpose of reminding them of various commandments and principles in the word. Paul charges Titus to remind others: Titus 3:1-2- Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to obey, to be ready for every good work, 2 to speak evil of no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing all humility to all men.
He charged Timothy to remind others also: 2 Timothy 2:13-14- If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself. 14 Remind them of these things, charging them before Yahweh not to strive about words to no profit, to the ruin of the hearers. 
And Kepha/Peter considers it negligence if he did not remind Yahweh’s people: 2 Peter 1:10-15- Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble; 11 for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Master and Savior Yahushua Messiah. 12 For this reason I will not be negligent to remind you always of these things, though you know and are established in the present truth. 13 Yes, I think it is right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by reminding you, 14 knowing that shortly I must put off my tent, just as our Master Yahushua Messiah showed me. 15 Moreover I will be careful to ensure that you always have a reminder of these things after my decease.
Who among us would rebuke the apostles for reminding others? In reality, the scriptures are full of precepts that have the purpose of bringing the things of Yahweh to our remembrance. Even Yahshua said: Luke 22:19- And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. 
How could we ever forget Yahshua if we have the Holy Spirit? Yet, we are expected to partake of Him as an act of remembrance. Would any among us say that we need not do what He said because we now have the Holy Spirit to remind us of Him?We are clearly to do this act to remember Yahshua the Messiah, who is the “word made flesh”. If He is the “word made flesh” and we are expected to keep this precept to remember Yahshua (who IS the Word), why would we reject any other commandment given for the purpose of remembering Yahweh’s word? Besides this, are we greater than all the saints of the “Old Testament”? Yet we know they were commanded to wear tassels. The presence of Yahweh’s Spirit in your life should not cause you to ignore any of Yahweh’s word, including the commandment to wear the tassels. Rather, the Spirit leads us to walk in His statutes, and do them: Ezekiel 36:27- And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. 
So the presence of Yahweh’s Spirit in our life does not negate the commandments to wear the tassels. Besides, if Yahweh says to wear them, why do we feel the need to go about finding reasons why we don’t need to do it? It could be that Yahweh has other reasons as well. Yahweh didn’t give all the reasons why He didn’t want Eve to partake of the fruit, He just instructed Adam and Eve not to eat it. Prompted by the serpent, Eve reasoned within herself as to why Yahweh said she shouldn’t eat it and decided to go ahead and disobey Yahweh. We should beware of any thoughts coming into our mind which subtly suggests “Hath Elohim said?” Elohim clearly has said. We just need to obey Him. The point is that we wear tzitzits to help us visually remember the commandments of Elohim, which does imply of course, that they are visible and to be worn as often throughout the day that one wants to be reminded to keep the commandments of Elohim…we would expect that one would want to be reminded all day of course. It is understood that they should be visible as they would certainly not be much of a reminder if they are not seen. Hidden tzitzits, or the lack thereof, sort of defeats the purpose of tzitzts being a visual reminder that was clearly the intent given to us by our Creator Because this commandment can be carried out as instructed, and because they are to be visible reminders of obedience, most realize that this commandment is not only symbolic or internalized, but physically observed as well.  Another argument is, if you say you have to wear tzitzits, then like the Pharisees addressed by Yahshua why don't you also wear phylacteries on your forehead?  Matthew 23:5 They do all their deeds to be seen by others. For they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long…
 
Some Jews like the Pharisees have created man made traditions based on...
 Deuteronomy 6:4-9 “Hear, O Israel: Yahweh our Elohim, Yahweh is one. You shall love Yahweh your Elohim with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
 
It is the part that mentions writing the commandments on the doorposts of your house and on your gates that the tradition of the mezuzah was founded. There is also the commandment to write or bind the commandments on your hand and forehead.
 
Contrary to the Pharisees, the Sadducees and medieval Karaites took the commandments to be figurative.
 
The Pharisees preferred to take the commandment literal because then it could be seen in front of men…and they liked to make them as big as possible. The Pharisees used this interpretation as another means to draw religious attention to themselves.
 
Matthew 23:5 They do all their deeds to be seen by others. For they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long…
 
Also contrary to the Pharisees, we at the congregation of Yahshua also do not consider these to be literal commandments and there are a couple reasons for this.
 
First of all, this section of Scripture called the “shema” is loaded with Hebraic poetry. For instance, are we to only teach our children the Torah when we are sitting in the house, when we are walking, getting ready for bed and waking up? Of course not, but that is what the commandment literally says. What it really means, is that we are to be ALWAYS teaching our children the commandments of Yahweh. Can you see that? The Hebraic poetry continues, giving us figurative instruction to make a point. The Hebraic language involves a lot of figurative language.
 
To write something on your hands and forehead means to hear and do, which is what the word shema means in the first place. The word shema, in Hebrew, literally means “to hear” …but to hear in such a way that you do it. To observe, or witness something, as an example.
 
When we write something on our forehead, it is not literal, it means that it is in our mind. That is what the forehead figuratively means. When we write something on our hand, it means we take action on it. The hand is symbolic of action. The mind (or forehead) tells the hand what to do. So, to write something on our forehead and hand literally means to hear or observe, and then do it.
 
When we write the commandments of Yahweh on our forehead, it means that we hear them, and then observe them…so that they are in our mind. Once they are in our mind, we write them on our hands. Hands are symbolic of action…we then do the commandments of Yahweh.
 
In order to further illustrate the figurative nature of this Hebraic poetry, here are a few other Hebraic language examples in which Yahweh told us to write something on our forehead and hand.
 
Exodus 13:9 And it shall be to you as a sign on your hand and as a memorial between your eyes (forehead), that the law of Yahweh may be in your mouth. For with a strong hand Yahweh has brought you out of Egypt. And then again in verse 16...
 
 Exodus 13:16 It shall be as a mark on your hand or frontlets between your eyes (forehead), for by a strong hand Yahweh brought us out of Egypt.”
 
Also see Deuteronomy chapter 11.
 
Deuteronomy 11:18 “You shall therefore lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. We also see that the adversary has his own mark…the adversary has his own instructions, contrary to the Word of Elohim that he wants others to hear and obey. The adversary has his own “shema.”
 
Revelation 20:4 Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Yahshua and for the word of Elohim, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Messiah for a thousand years.
 
 Revelation 14:9-10 Then another angel, a third one, followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, he also will drink of the wine of the wrath of Elohim, which is mixed in full strength in the cup of His anger; and he will be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.
 
However, just because something has symbolic meaning, it does not mean that we should not do a commandment literally. For example, as we reviewed earlier, the wearing of tzitzits has symbolic meaning, but we apply that literally. Why? Well, for one reason, as we already mentioned, we are supposed to “see” the tzitzits that we are wearing to help us remember to keep the commandments of Yahweh.
 
The other reason, is because nothing prevents us from carrying out this commandment literally. It is easy and possible to literally obey the wearing of tzitzits. As it relates to writing all of the commandments on our forehead or hands, we cannot do that literally. They would not all fit, and not only that, can you imagine writing hundreds of commandments on your forehead and hand everyday? This is why orthodox Jews simply place the “shema” in a box called phylacteries; as a summary of the commandments, and then strap them to their forehead and hand.
 

 
So even they are not keeping the commandment literally, as it is not possible. Placing a few words in a box is not literally the same thing as all of Yahweh’s commandments. In addition, strapping a box to a head or hand is not the same as writing them on a head or hand. Thus, there is no possible way to keep this commandment literally…it must be figurative, only figurative.
 
This makes sense, as we already revealed the contextual figurative and Hebraic poetic language in the sentence prior about always teaching our children the Torah, or law of God. That leaves us with writing the commandments on the doors and gates. Again, some place the “shema” in a box to represent all of the commandments and then place that on a door.
 
That is not a literal application of literally writing all the commandments to the doorframe of our house, or on our gates. However, it is possible for us to do that. But, given the figurative language of the previous few verses, this is likely figurative as well, and we will demonstrate what it means. When we write the commandments on the doorframe of our house, that carries special meaning, in terms of covenant theology. It basically means to “remember the covenant for your household with your Creator.
 
For more on this, we would recommend watching our teaching, “The Threshold Covenant” At the gates of the city, in a Torah based government, the elders were supposed to be at the gates, making judgments on matters of the law with the people. Thus, we want to make sure that the commandments are always remembered at the gates of the city, where these judgments are to be made. We review this understanding some in our teaching titled “Should We Stone Our Children?”
 
All of that being said, the commandments in the “shema” found in Deuteronomy 6 are likely figurative, but with a practical and literal meaning once the symbolism is understood. Despite all of this, if one wants to use a Mezuzah, or Teffilin, in the way that orthodox Jews do, as a tradition, there is nothing wrong with this. We just need to realize that it is a tradition not literal observance of a commandment.
 
There are many in our faith whose households has a Mezuzah, but we would not consider it obedience, but because they like the tradition.
 
Is Not Wearing Tzitzit Considered Sin?  The concrete definition of sin, as breaking Yahweh Elohim’s Law, is expressed in several passages. Consider what Paul says in Romans 7:7.
 
Romans 7:7 What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.”
 
Here Paul is clearly referring to the Law as given through Moses. Paul then references a particular commandment that he read from the Law of Moses, “You shall not covet.” Paul recognizes that he came to know what sin is as a result of reading the commandment in the law, the Torah. That is to say, Paul recognized that coveting is a sin because the Law says to not covet. Romans 3:20 is another verse that defines sin in relation to Elohim’s Law:
 
Romans 3:20 For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin. We aren’t justified by the Law, but by faith in Messiah. But that does not mean that we neglect the Law now that we’ve been justified. And again, the Torah reveals the sinfulness of man. It defines Yahweh Elohim’s moral standard of right and wrong, and so we come to a knowledge of sin through Elohim’s Law. James teaches the same thing:
 
James 2:9-10 But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. Here, James defines sin as transgressing Elohim’s Law.
 
If you show partiality, which goes against the Torah’s commandments against showing partiality, you commit sin. Let’s look at one more verse, which makes this even clearer:
 
1 John 3:4 Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness.
 
So the word of Yahweh clearly defines sin as transgressing or not keeping Yahweh's Law that was communicated by thru Moses. Since it was Father Yahweh who thru Moses commanded in His Law that His people Israel are to wear tzitsit, than the clear answer to is not wearing tzitzit considered sin; is yes. The Law of Yahweh has convinced me that to not keep this commandment is a sin.    
 Since then I've tried to be very careful not to make assumptions. When I look at the Master Yahshua, I see that our Messiah taught and practiced the keeping of the whole law of Elohim…and those that follow Him should as much as possible keep the whole Law of Elohim just the same.
 Further reinforcing this conviction is the fact that when facing temptation to sin from the Devil, the Holy Spirit led the master, Yahshua to quote what was written (Matthew 4:4) thru Moses in Deuteronomy 8:3. Deuteronomy 8:3,"And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of Yahweh doth man live. " When connecting this with Yahshua's other teachings of Law, I saw that the written Law of Yahweh is established until heaven and earth passes away. Just like the Master Yahshua says in Matthew 5:17-19.  Matthew 5:17-19 Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.   So as I understand it, simply looking up and seeing (heaven) or looking down to see the earth is all the proof needed that unless otherwise stated in the Law of Yahweh itself, Elohim's Law has not changed in the least of it's commandments. So I purposely and carefully try to refrain from teaching anything contrary to this; and risk being the least in the Kingdom at best.  Yahshua continues:  Matthew 5:19 Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.  The fact that in the very next verse, the Master Yahshua references the the scribes and Pharisees who he said hypocritically chose which commandments to keep and not keep(Matthew 23:1-36;Mark 7:6-12), makes me lean towards being called least in the Kingdom of Heaven has very bad consequences...
 
20For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven."
 So when I considered the connection with:  Deuteronomy 30:11, 16, and 19 11 Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach... 16 For I command you today to love Yahweh your Elohim, to walk in obedience to him, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws... 19 I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live, Revelation 21:1 and 5 1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more... 5 And he who was seated on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new." Also he said,  Remember after Yahshua's death burial and resurrection, the apostle Paul said about "establishing the law?"  Romans 3:31 Do we then nullify the Law through faith? May it never be! On the contrary, we establish the Law.  So even though we are now Holy Spirit filled New Covenant believers, when it comes to wearing TZITZITS, until Heaven and Earth pass away this is one of Yahweh's least commands that have not been made void for us to keep. Also it's such a simple and easy commandment to keep. Did they wear tzitzits in the New Testament times?  
Yes. As we have already read, the Pharisees had a tradition of absurdly long, attention drawing, tzitzits that Yahshua criticized.
 
Matthew 23:5 They do all their deeds to be seen by others. For they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes (Greek: kraspedon) (tzitzits) long...
 
Yahshua wore tassels
 
If there is still any question as to whether or not we who have the Holy Spirit living inside us should keep this commandment, we need only to look to the perfect example: Yahshua the Messiah. We know that He had the fullness of Yahweh’s Spirit and if there were anyone who could claim to have no need of a reminder, it would be Him. So did He wear tassels? You may recall the time when the woman with the flow of blood was healed by touching the “hem” of Yahshua’s garment: The same Greek word used in Matthew 23:5 is also used in the story about the woman with the blood issue touching Yahshua’s tzitzits for healing.  

 
Matthew 9:20 to 21 (also see Luke 8:43-44) And behold, a woman who had suffered from a discharge of blood for twelve years came up behind him and touched the fringe (Greek: kraspedon) (tzitzits) of his garment, for she said to herself, “If I only touch his garment, I will be made well.”
 
The same Greek word is used to translate “border” and “hem” in the above scriptures. It is word #2899 in the Strong’s concordance:2899. kraspedon kras’-ped-on of uncertain derivation; a margin, i.e. (specially), a fringe or tassel:–border, hem.
The Barkley-Newman Greek Dictionary has:kraspedon, ou n fringe, edge; tassel
The Friberg Greek Lexicon has:kraspedon ou to (1) as the outer limit of someth.; of a garment hem, border, edge; (2) in Jewish usage, the tassel or fringe on the four corners of the outer garment, worn as a reminder to observe the commandments (cf. NU 15.38ff; DT 22.12).
 
The DuTillet, which is a 450 year old Hebrew manuscript of the book of Matthew contains “Tzitzi” (tassel) in this passage as well as other verses we will examine.

 
When this woman heard about this man who many said was the Messiah, it's likely that a major contributing factor in prompting her to seek healing by reaching for and specifically touching Yahshua's tzitzits which were located at the border or corners edges of his garment, was her prior knowledge of the prophesy of the coming Messiah in Malachi 4:2...
 
 Malachi 4:2,"But to you who fear My name The Sun of Righteousness shall arise With healing in His wings(3671 kanaph); And you shall go out And grow fat like stall-fed calves." Strong's Concordance3671 kanaph: wing, extremity Original Word: כָּנָף Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Transliteration: kanaph Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-nawf')
Definition: wing, extremityNASB Translation
bird* (1), corner (1), corners (4), covering (1), each other (1), edge (5), edges (1), ends (3), fold (2), garment (1), kind (3), skirt (3), skirts (1), sorts (1), wing (14), winged (5), wings (58), wings were each other (1), wingspan (1).
 
 
The woman with the flow of blood was healed by touching the “tassel” which hung like wings from the edges of his garment.
 
 
Just like the woman with the blood issues, many others adopted the practice of touching Yahshua’s tzitzits for healing. Here is another scripture which also shows Yahshua wore the tassels:
 
 
Matthew 14:35-36 And when the men of that place recognized him, they sent around to all that region and brought to him all who were sick and implored him that they might only touch the fringe (Greek: kraspedon) (tzitzits) of his garment. And as many as touched it were made well.  Mark 6:56 And wherever he came, in villages, cities, or countryside, they laid the sick in the marketplaces and implored him that they might touch even the fringe (Greek: kraspedon) (tzitzits) of his garment. And as many as touched it were made well.
 So we can see that Father Yahweh used the tassels that Yahshua wore in a powerful way. People were begging to touch the tassel of His garment so that they also could receive healing.
So not only did Yahshua wear the tassels, but the fact that Yahweh Elohim used them to bring healing, indicates that wearing tassels may have some type of spiritual significance in addition to reminding us to keep His commandments.
 We can always trust that Yahweh Elohim knows what He is doing and we need not question the wisdom of anything He commands.
We can be sure that Yahshua had the fullness of Yahweh Elohim’s Spirit. Yahshua is the example of what a Spirit-filled person should do with this commandment to wear the tassels: Keep it!  1 John 2:5- But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of Elohim is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him. 6 He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked. 
We must walk as Yahshua walked and when we walk as He walked, it shows that we are in Him. If Yahshua wore the tassels and we walk as He walked, then surely Yahweh can use our tassels in a mighty way also.Imagine if all of Yahweh’s people would keep the commandment to wear the tassels. We would be able to recognize one another instantly. The community around us would know that we are brethren and we all serve Yahweh Abandon Manmade AssumptionsBecause of this I can no-longer just automatically assume that because we have the Holy Spirit we don't need to keep the Holy Spirit given command to wear tassels a a reminder. I can't do this anymore than I can say Because I have the Holy Spirit to remind me, I don't need to keep the Feast of Unleavened bread in remembrance of Yahshua, or Blow the trumpet as a memorial during Yom Teruah. Exodus 12:14.Yahweh said, “And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and you shall keep [it] a feast to Yahweh throughout your generations; you shall keep it a feast by an ordinance forever,”
I left that original view of not having to wear tassels because of having the Holy Spirit because I wanted to be careful to not so easily form my own assumed teachings that isn't explicitly proven or stated in scripture to be fact. For me to make an unclear assumption that automatically overrides what is a already clearly explicit command statement from Yahweh's word could put me in the same category as the the Scribes and Pharisees who Yahshua, attempted to correct from such error throughout His ministry. For example, those in Mark 7 now, in verse 6:
 
Mark 7:6-7 He answered and said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘This people honors Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me. And in vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men’”
 
Mark 7:9 He said to them, “All too well you reject the commandment of Elohim, that you may keep your tradition.”
 
Mark 7:13 “making the word of Elohim of no effect through your tradition which you have handed down. And many such things you do.”
 
It is the Word of Yahweh Elohim that we are to follow, not the doctrine and traditions of men. Even in Mark 7:10 specifically, we see that the Master Yahshua is appealing to what was written by Moses as the Word of Elohim. Again, we must remember that it is every word that came out of the mouth of Elohim which was food for us (Matthew 4:4). He also taught us to teach all nations to obey everything (not just some things) that He commanded.
 
Matthew 28:19-20 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you.
 
Our Messiah Yahshua commanded us to observe and do what is read verbatim out of Moses’ Seat (the Law of Moses), but not do the traditions and doctrines that are against and nullify the Word of Yahweh.
 
Mark 23:1-3 Then Yahshua spoke to the multitudes and to His disciples, saying: “The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. Therefore whatever they tell you to observe, that observe and do, but do not do according to their works; for they say, and do not do.”
 
The Pharisees and the Scribes would read straight out of the Torah (the first five books of the Bible) to the people, but then when they left the Moses’ seat they would practice their traditions and commandments of men that were contrary to the Law of Moses. The consistent theme throughout the ministry of Yahshua was that true disciples should observe, do, and teach the Law of Elohim as written by Moses. If we start adding to or taking away from the Word of Elohim (Deuteronomy 12:32) to satisfy our own traditions and commandments of men, then we are no better than the Pharisees whose righteousness we are to exceed.
 
Matthew 5:20 For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.
 
Matthew 23:28 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
 
Thus, as it relates to whether tzitzits (tassels) are not to be worn because we have the Holy Spirit to remind us, it appears that the doctrine ultimately has no clear Biblical support, and strongly appears to be in Mark 7 and Matthew 23 territory.