How may we recite the blessing over our tallitot, commanding us to wrap ourselves in tzitzit, if the obligation applies only to a garment worn for protection from the elements?

This source-based Torah study examines the question: How may we recite the blessing over our tallitot, commanding us to wrap ourselves in tzitzit, if the obligation applies only to a garment worn for protection from the elements? The canonical Hebrew discussion develops the issue through the weekly Torah portion and the sources cited there, preserving the distinctions, tensions, and practical implications of the original text. This localized discovery layer does not add any new halakhic, medical, legal, scientific, historical, theological, or empirical ruling or claim beyond the canonical Hebrew source.