## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 232

###### Sifrei Devarim 232:1
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(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.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**Pisqa’ 232**¹⁴³
*1*
**“Do not wear wool and linen fibers mingled**¹⁴⁴ **as one”(Dt. 22:11)—**
**is it possible to say that**
**[the prohibition includes] shorn wool and linen shreds**
**[that have yet to be woven together]?**
**The Teaching states:**
**“Fibers *mingled*” (Dt. 22:11)—**¹⁴⁵ per.4:18.
**this specifies any garment which is**
**combed (*shu`a*), spun (*tavui*), and woven (*nuz*).**¹⁴⁶) of other words or phrases.
**R. Shimon b. Elazar says:**
**[“Mingled”-wearers] are twisted,**¹⁴⁷ Note the word play with *nuz,* “woven.”.
**forcing their Heavenly Father**
**to deal with them in a twisted way.**¹⁴⁸ per.4:18.

footnotes:
¹⁴³ H:241-242;JN2:232.
¹⁴⁴ Heb: sh`atnez.
¹⁴⁵ =Sifra, qedoshim,
¹⁴⁶ This is an example of a derivation of the meaning of one word from the initial letters (notarikon
¹⁴⁷ Heb: naluz.
¹⁴⁸ //M. Kil.9:8;. Sifra, qedoshim,


###### Sifrei Devarim 232:2
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**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.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
2. “Do not *wear*” (Dt. 22:11)—
I might infer only that
you shouldn’t *wear* [mingled garments].
How do I know that the rule applies as well
to merely *covering up* with them?
The Teaching states:
“And a garment of mingled incompatible fibers shall *not be placed upon* you” (Lv. 19:19)—
[even placing them on the body is forbidden].
Is it possible to say that
he may not *strap* a pack
of such garments on his back?
The Teaching states:
“Do not *wear*” (Dt. 22:11)—
[and *carrying* is distinct from *wearing*].
Now, *wearing* should have been included
in the general statement of the rule.
Why, then, is it singled out for emphasis?
In order to make a comparative observation
and inform you that
just as *wearing* is distinctive,
in that it benefits the body,
only [a mingled fabric] that benefits the body,
[is considered to be worn as a garment].


###### Sifrei Devarim 232:3
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**יַחְדָּו**, יָכוֹל לֹא יִלְבַּשׁ חָלוּק שֶׁל צֶמֶר עַל גַּבֵּי חָלוּק שֶׁל פִּשְׁתָּן וְחָלוּק שֶׁל פִּשְׁתָּן עַל גַּבֵּי חָלוּק שֶׁל צֶמֶר? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **יַחְדָּו**.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
3. “As *one*” (Dt. 22:11)—
is it possible to say that
one should not wear
a wool shirt over a linen shirt,
or a linen shirt over a wool shirt?
The Teaching states:
“As *one*” (Dt. 22:11)—
[the rule applies only to *one* garment
woven of two mingled threads].


###### Sifrei Devarim 232:4
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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.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**R. Hananiah b. Gamliel says**:
How do I know that
**one shouldn’t knot a strip of wool fabric**
**to one of linen fabric**
**and tie it around his waist,**
**even though a leather strap interposes?**¹⁴⁹
The Teaching states:
“As *one*” (Dt. 22:11)—
any arrangement
[of the fabrics into a single article stands under the rule].
**Thus you can argue that**
**sack-cloth [containing wool]**
**and a basket [containing linen]**
**combine [when bound together]**
**to produce an incompatible mixture**
**[that may not be carried on the shoulders].**¹⁵⁰

footnotes:
¹⁴⁹ //T. Kil. 5:22.
¹⁵⁰ // M. Kil.9:10.


###### Sifrei Devarim 232:5
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**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.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**“Wool and linen fibers mingled as one” (Dt. 22:11)—**
**but a garment of either one on its own is permitted**
**[to be worn with a garment of the other fabric].**
**Articles of felt are prohibited**
**as incompatible mixtures,**
**for even though they are**
**not weaves of woolen thread,**
**they are combed-wool mattings**
**[That may contain fibers of linen]**.¹⁵¹

footnotes:
¹⁵¹ //M. Kil.9:9. This material is missing in several source. See F:265, n. 11.