Singer Ben Tzur: “When I’m Without Tzitzit, I Feel Like I’m Missing a Limb”

Israeli Singer Ben Tzur has been speaking openly about his growing connection to Judaism and the small changes that, for him, have become deeply meaningful.

In an interview with Foril Celebs ahead of one of his performances, Tzur explained that becoming more observant does not have to happen all at once.

“You don’t have to wake up one morning and suddenly become ultra-Orthodox,” he said. “It’s enough that I put on tzitzit. Then I’m already fulfilling so, so much, and it has an impact. These are things we can’t understand at all.”

“All the Colors Come Together”

Tzur, who has recently been growing more observant, also reflected on the changes in his personal life.

“The last time I performed in Caesarea, the day after that I proposed,” he recalled. “After a year, I was blessed to be married.”

The singer says one of the things he appreciates most about his audience is the wide variety of people his music brings together.

“Everyone listens to my music,” he said. “You see a guy with dreadlocks, a girl in a skirt, a guy with an eyebrow piercing, and Breslovers. All of the Jewish people, all the colors, come together.”

For Tzur, that diversity reflects something larger than musical success. His growing connection to Judaism has also shaped the way he thinks about happiness and life.

The Role of Happiness in Success

Tzur pointed to a teaching of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov about the importance of maintaining a positive outlook.

“Someone who is always happy succeeds because of it. Rabbi Nachman writes this in Sefer HaMiddot,” he said. “You have to maintain happiness all the time, be happy, strengthen yourself through happiness.”

He added that the idea also makes sense on a practical level.

“Even logically speaking, a person who is happier finds it easier to make decisions and be more easygoing.”

Tzur also spoke about one mitzvah that has become particularly meaningful to him: wearing tzitzit.

“It’s a Jewish symbol. Anyone who is Jewish should wear tzitzit,” he said. “When I go without tzitzit, I feel as though I’m missing some limb in my body.”

For the singer, the change represents the gradual approach to observance he described at the beginning of the interview. Rather than seeing spiritual growth as something that must happen overnight, he sees meaning in taking one step at a time and embracing each mitzvah along the way.

“Baruch Hashem,” he concluded, “I was blessed.”