At the conclusion of the Torah portion, the Israelites are commanded to attach fringes to the corners of their garments in order to remember the commandments. The Sages expanded upon the value of ritual fringes, teaching that wearing them is equivalent to keeping all the Torah’s commandments, and by seeing them one receives the Divine Presence.

Why are these fringes called tzitzit? It is because they commemorate the time that the Holy One, Blessed be He, peered [hetzitz] at the houses of our fathers in Egypt [at the time of the plague striking the firstborn], as it is stated: “Behold, he is standing behind our wall, watching from the windows, peering through the cracks” (Song of Songs 2:9). Rabbi Hanina ben Antigenos says: Concerning anyone who fulfills the commandment of ritual fringes, what does the verse state? “In those days, ten men of all the languages of the nations will take hold; they will take hold of the corner of the garment of a Judean man, saying: Let us go with you” (Zechariah 8:23), and concerning anyone who fails to fulfill the commandment of the corner [(Sifrei Bemidbar, Shelah 115)