## Menachot Daf 40b

###### Menachot 40b:1
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חָמֵץ בְּפֶסַח וְיוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים דְּכָרֵת – סָמְכִינַן אַדִּיסְקֵי, הָכָא דַּעֲשֵׂה בְּעָלְמָא לֹא כׇּל שֶׁכֵּן!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
with regard to the prohibitions against eating **leavened bread on Passover and** eating on **Yom Kippur, which** are punishable by ***karet*, we rely on letters** sent from the rabbinical court in Eretz Yisrael publicizing whether the year was declared a leap year and when they have declared the New Moon; **here,** with regard to the mitzva of ritual fringes, **which** is **merely a positive mitzva,** is it **not all the more so** correct that letters can be relied on?


###### Menachot 40b:2
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אֶלָּא אָמַר רָבָא: הָא מִילְּתָא אָמְרִי, וְאִיתְּמַר בְּמַעְרְבָא מִשּׁוּם דְּרַבִּי זֵירָא כְּוָותִי: שֶׁמָּא יִקָּרַע סְדִינוֹ בְּתוֹךְ שָׁלֹשׁ וְיִתְפְּרֶנּוּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rather, Rava said: This is a statement** that **I said, and it was stated in the West,** Eretz Yisrael, **in the name of Rabbi Zeira in accordance with my** opinion: The reason for the rabbinic decree is **lest** one’s **cloak rip within three** fingerbreadths of the edge of the corner of the garment, which is where the ritual fringes are placed, **and he sew it** with linen string and then use the excess string for ritual fringes.


###### Menachot 40b:3
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וְהַתּוֹרָה אָמְרָה: ״תַּעֲשֶׂה״ – וְלֹא מִן הֶעָשׂוּי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And** in such a case the ritual fringes would be unfit because **the Torah states:** “You shall prepare yourself twisted cords” (Deuteronomy 22:12), which teaches: **Prepare** it, **and not from what has already been prepared.** Consequently, the strings must be attached to the garment for the sake of the mitzva of ritual fringes. When the individual places the linen string there in order to stitch the garment and then decides to use it for the mitzva of ritual fringes and adds sky-blue wool strings, he does not fulfill the mitzva of ritual fringes and violates the prohibition against wearing a garment of wool and linen.


###### Menachot 40b:4
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שְׁרָא רַבִּי זֵירָא לִסְדִינֵיהּ. רַב זֵירָא אָמַר: גְּזֵירָה נָמֵי מִשּׁוּם כְּסוּת לַיְלָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Because of this rabbinic decree, **Rabbi Zeira untied** the ritual fringes and removed them from **his** linen **cloak. Rav Zeira said:** The rabbinic **decree** prohibiting ritual fringes on a linen garment is **also due to** the concern that one might affix ritual fringes to **a nighttime garment.** Since the mitzva of ritual fringes does not apply in that case, if one wears the garment he would not fulfill the mitzva and would violate the prohibition against wearing a garment with wool and linen.


###### Menachot 40b:5
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וְאָמַר רָבָא: הָא מִילְּתָא אֲמַרִי, וְאִיתְּמַר בְּמַעְרְבָא מִשְּׁמֵיהּ דְּרַבִּי זֵירָא כְּוָותִי: הִיא שֶׁל בֶּגֶד וּכְנָפֶיהָ שֶׁל עוֹר – חַיֶּיבֶת, הִיא שֶׁל עוֹר וּכְנָפֶיהָ שֶׁל בֶּגֶד – פְּטוּרָה. מַאי טַעְמָא? עִיקַּר בֶּגֶד בָּעֵינַן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And Rava said: This is a statement** that **I said, and it was stated in the West,** Eretz Yisrael, **in the name of Rabbi Zeira in accordance with my** opinion: If a garment is made **from cloth and its corners** are made **from leather,** it is **required** to have ritual fringes. Conversely, if a cloak is made **from leather and its corners** are made **from cloth,** it is **exempt** from the mitzva of ritual fringes. **What is the reason** for this? **We require** that **the main** part of the **garment** be obligated, and a leather garment is not required to have ritual fringes.


###### Menachot 40b:6
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רַב אַחַאי אָזֵיל בָּתַר כָּנָף.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara notes: **Rav Aḥai** would **follow the corner** in determining whether the garment is required to have ritual fringes or not, because the Torah states: “On the corners of their garments” (Numbers 15:38).


###### Menachot 40b:7
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אָמַר רָבָא אָמַר רַב סְחוֹרָה אָמַר רַב הוּנָא: הֵטִיל לְבַעֲלַת שָׁלֹשׁ, וְהִשְׁלִימָהּ לְאַרְבַּע – פְּסוּלָה, ״תַּעֲשֶׂה״ – וְלֹא מִן הֶעָשׂוּי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **Rava says** that **Rav Seḥora says** that **Rav Huna says:** In a case where one **affixed** ritual fringes **to** a garment **possessing** only **three** corners, which is not required to have ritual fringes, **and** then **completed** its **fourth** corner by sewing on additional material or cutting away some of the material, the ritual fringes he attached to the original three corners are **unfit.** This is due to the principle: **Prepare** it, **and not from what has already been prepared.** Once the garment is required to have ritual fringes one may attach the ritual fringes; the strings that were attached before the garment was required to have them are not fit.


###### Menachot 40b:8
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מֵיתִיבִי: חֲסִידִים הָרִאשׁוֹנִים, כֵּיוָן שֶׁאָרְגוּ בָּהּ שָׁלֹשׁ, הָיוּ מְטִילִין לָהּ תְּכֵלֶת. אֵימָא: כֵּיוָן שֶׁפָּצְעוּ בָּהּ שָׁלֹשׁ, הָיוּ מְטִילִין לָהּ תְּכֵלֶת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara **raises an objection** from a *baraita*: It is told of **the early** generations of **pious** men that **once they weaved three** fingerbreadths of the length of the garment, **they would affix** the white and **sky-blue** strings **to** the first two corners, even though the garment was not yet long enough to be obligated to have ritual fringes. The Gemara answers: **Say** that the *baraita* should read as follows: **Once they completed [*shepatzu*]** the garment until there were only **three** fingerbreadths left to weave, **they would affix** the white and **sky-blue** strings **to** the first two corners.


###### Menachot 40b:9
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וּמִי אָמְרִינַן ״תַּעֲשֶׂה״ – וְלֹא מִן הֶעָשׂוּי? (אִינִי), וְהָאָמַר רַבִּי זֵירָא: הֵטִיל לְמוּטֶּלֶת – כְּשֵׁרָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **And do we say: Prepare** it, **and not from what has already been prepared? Is that so** that this principle disqualifies ritual fringes that one affixed to a garment before he was required to do so? **But doesn’t Rabbi Zeira say:** If one **affixed** ritual fringes **to** a garment that already had ritual fringes **affixed** to it and then removed the original strings, it is **fit,** despite the fact that when he attached the second set they were superfluous? This indicates that even if one attaches ritual fringes to a garment when there is no obligation to attach them, the ritual fringes are fit.


###### Menachot 40b:10
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אָמַר רָבָא: הַשְׁתָּא בְּ״בַל תּוֹסִיף״ קָאֵי, מַעֲשֶׂה לָא הָוֵי?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rava said:** This does not present a difficulty, because **now** that he adds a second, unnecessary set of ritual fringes and **is** liable **for** violating the **prohibition of adding** to a mitzva (see Deuteronomy 13:1), **is** it **not** considered **an action?**


###### Menachot 40b:11
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מַתְקֵיף לַהּ רַב פָּפָּא: מִמַּאי דְּגַבְרָא לְאוֹסוֹפֵי קָא מִיכַּוֵּין? דִּלְמָא לְבַטּוֹלֵי קָא מִיכַּוֵּין, וּ״בַל תּוֹסִיף״ לֵיכָּא, מַעֲשֶׂה אִיכָּא!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Pappa objects to this: From where** is it known **that** Rabbi Zeira is discussing a case where the **person intended to add** to the original set of ritual fringes? **Perhaps** Rabbi Zeira is discussing a case where **he intended to nullify** the original strings, **and** therefore **there is no prohibition of adding** to a mitzva, and **there is an action.**


###### Menachot 40b:12
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אָמַר רַבִּי זֵירָא אָמַר רַב מַתְנָא אָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל: תְּכֵלֶת אֵין בָּהּ מִשּׁוּם כִּלְאַיִם, וַאֲפִילּוּ בְּטַלִּית פְּטוּרָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
With regard to the issue of affixing ritual fringes to a garment that already has ritual fringes, the Gemara relates: **Rabbi Zeira says** that **Rav Mattana says** that **Shmuel says:** White and **sky-blue** strings **are not subject to** the prohibition of **diverse kinds, and** this is the *halakha* **even** if they are affixed **to a cloak** that is **exempt** from ritual fringes.


###### Menachot 40b:13
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מַאי טַלִּית פְּטוּרָה? אִילֵּימָא דְּלֵית בַּהּ שִׁיעוּרָא, וְהָתַנְיָא: טַלִּית שֶׁהַקָּטָן מִתְכַּסֶּה בּוֹ רֹאשׁוֹ וְרוּבּוֹ

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **What** is meant by: **A cloak** that is **exempt** from ritual fringes? **If we say** that it is referring to a cloak **that is not of the size** necessary to require the affixing of ritual fringes, that is difficult: **But isn’t it taught** in a *baraita*: With regard to **a cloak that** is large enough for **a minor** to **cover his head and most of his** body **with** it,