## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 232

###### Sifrei Devarim 232:1
[Sifrei Devarim 232:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/232:1)

(דברים כב יא) **לֹא תִלְבַּשׁ שַׁעַטְנֵז**, יָכוֹל לֹא יִלְבַּשׁ גִּיזֵּי צֶמֶר וַאֲנִיצֵי פִשְׁתָּן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **שַׁעַטְנֵז**, דָּבָר שֶׁשּׁוּעַ טָווּי וְנוּז. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן אֶלְעָזָר אוֹמֵר: נָלוֹז וּמֵלִיז הוּא אֶת אָבִיו שֶׁבַּשָּׁמַיִם עָלָיו.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 22:11) "You shall not wear *shatnez* (a mixture), wool and linen together": I might think, he must not wear shorn wool and flax stalks; it is, therefore, written "*shatnez*," something that is fulled, spun, and twisted (or woven) (*shua, tavi, venoz* [acronym of "*shatnez*"]). R. Shimon b. Elazar says: (He who wears *shatnez*) is perverse ("*naloz*") and estranges ("*meiliz*") his Father in heaven [play on "*noz*" (woven)]. Felt cloaks (of mixed materials) are forbidden as *kilayim* (intermixtures). Even though they do not come under "weaving," they do come under "spinning."


###### Sifrei Devarim 232:2
[Sifrei Devarim 232:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/232:2)

**לֹא תִלְבַּשׁ**, אֵין לִי אֶלָּא שֶׁלֹּא יִלְבַּשׁ; מִנַּיִן שֶׁלֹּא יִתְכַּסֶּה? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר (ויקרא יט יט): ״לֹא יַעֲלֶה עָלֶיךָ״. יָכוֹל לֹא יַפְשִׁילֶנּוּ בְּקוּפָּה לְאַחֲרָיו? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **לֹא תִלְבַּשׁ**, לְבִישָׁה בִּכְלָל הָיְתָה, וְלָמָּה יָצָאת? לְהַקִּישׁ אֵלֶיהָ וְלוֹמַר לְךָ: מַה לְּבִישָׁה מְיֻחֶדֶת, שֶׁהִיא הֲנָיַת הַגּוּף – אַף כָּל שֶׁהוּא הֲנָיַת הַגּוּף.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"You shall not wear": This tells me only of wearing. Whence do I derive that he may not cover himself with it! From (Vayikra 14:19) "and a garment *kilayim shatnez* shall not *come upon* you." I might think that he may not throw a bundle (containing *shatnez*) over his shoulder (to carry it); it is, therefore, written "You shall not wear." Wearing was included in the general interdict (against *shatnez*). Why was it singled out (for special mention)? To use it as the basis for a comparison, viz.: Just as "wearing" is distinctive in that it is of benefit to the body, so, all that is distinctive (is forbidden by reason of *shatnez*, to exclude throwing it over one's shoulder).


###### Sifrei Devarim 232:3
[Sifrei Devarim 232:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/232:3)

**יַחְדָּו**, יָכוֹל לֹא יִלְבַּשׁ חָלוּק שֶׁל צֶמֶר עַל גַּבֵּי חָלוּק שֶׁל פִּשְׁתָּן וְחָלוּק שֶׁל פִּשְׁתָּן עַל גַּבֵּי חָלוּק שֶׁל צֶמֶר? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **יַחְדָּו**.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
I might think he may not wear a garment of wool over one of flax, and one of flax over one of wool; it is, therefore, written (woven) "together," but each by itself is permitted.


###### Sifrei Devarim 232:4
[Sifrei Devarim 232:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/232:4)

רַבִּי חֲנַנְיָה בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר: מִנַּיִן שֶׁלֹּא יִקְשֹׁר סֶרֶט שֶׁל צֶמֶר בְּשֶׁל פִּשְׁתָּן, לַחְגּוֹר בּוֹ אֶת מָתְנָיו, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהָרְצוּעָה בָּאֶמְצַע? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **יַחְדָּו**, מִכָּל מָקוֹם. כְּשֶׁתִּמְצָא אוֹמֵר: הַשַּׂק וְהַקֻּפָּה מְצָרְפִים אֶת הַכִּלְאַיִם.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
R. Chananiah b. Gamliel says: Whence is it derived that one may not hatchel strips of wool with strips of flax to belt his thighs even though there is a band of leather separating them? From "together." This is to say that a sack and a basket (joining wool and linen) are considered a union in respect to *kilayim*.


###### Sifrei Devarim 232:5
[Sifrei Devarim 232:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/232:5)

**צֶמֶר וּפִשְׁתִּים יַחְדָּו**, אֲבָל זֶה בִּפְנֵי עַצְמוֹ וְזֶה בִּפְנֵי עַצְמוֹ מֻתָּר. הַלְּבָדִים אֲסוּרִים מִשּׁוּם כִּלְאַיִם; אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵין בָּהֶם מִשּׁוּם אָרִיג, יֵשׁ בָּהֶם מִשּׁוּם שׁוּעַ.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"wool linen together": but each by itself is permitted.