Translation:Shulchan Aruch/Orach Chaim/24
24: The Manner of Wearing the Fringes and its Reward and Punishment.
1 If a person does not wear a garment with four corners then he is not required to wear tzitzit. And it is good and proper that every man should be cautious to wear a small tallit the entire day, in order that he should remember the mitzvot at every moment. And thus, it has five knots in accordance with the five books of the Torah, and there are four corners, so that in every direction he faces he will remember. And it is proper to wear it over the garments. At the very least, one should be cautious that he should wear tzitzit at the time of prayer.
2 It is a mitzvah to grasp the tzitzit with one's left hand near his heart while reciting Shema. This is alluded to in: "And these words shall be etc., on your heart".
3 It is good to look at the tzitzit while wrapping in them while saying the blessing.
4 Some have a custom to look at the tzitzit when they reach "And you shall see them," and to place then on the eyes. And this is a beautiful custom and affection of the mitzvah.
Gloss: It is also the custom of some to kiss the tzitzit when they look at them, and all of this is a way of showing love for the Mitzvah [Beit Yosef].
5 When one looks upon the tzitzit he looks at the two fringes in front of him that have ten knots in them alluding to His existence, and they also have sixteen strings and ten knots that count as twenty six as in the Divine Name.
6 Great is the punishment for one who does not fulfill the mitzvah of tzitzit, and upon him it is said, "to take holds by the ends of the earth, etc.". And one who is careful in the mitzvah of tzitzit is meritorious and sees the face of the divine presence.