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Teshuvot Min HaShamayim Siman 58

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[נח] [נט] ועוד שאלתי על בגדי צמר שלוקחים מן הגוים אם יש לחוש שמא תפורין בפשתן, או אם נאמר דתפירה עצמה בפשתן אין בה איסור רק מדרבנן וספק דרבנן לקולא. ועוד שאלתי עם זה כל העורות כשידענו שהם תפורין בפשתן ואח"כ מחברין אותם בגלימות של צמר וע"ז שאלתי אם יש איסור לחברם בשל צמר אחרי שהן תפורים בפשתן או אם מותר:

Trans. Josh Weiner, 2022

I also asked [in my dream] regarding woolen garments purchased from non-Jews. Is it necessary to be concerned that they might be sewn together with linen threads¹, or do we say that sewing linen is only a rabbinical prohibition, and therefore in any case of doubt we should be lenient?² Together with this question, I also asked [in my dream] regarding leather which is known to be sewn with linen threads, and which is then attached to woolen robes. I asked whether there is a prohibition to attach them to wool once they are sewn with linen³, or whether it is permitted⁴.

footnotes: ¹ This seems to be the opinion of Rabbeinu Tam in Tosafot on Yevamot 5b:5 ² This is the opinion of Rashi on Yevamot 5b:5, and of his son-in-law Rivan (see Tosafot ad loc.) ³ This is possibly the opinion of Maimonides in Mishneh Torah, Kilayim 10:3. R. Hezekiya (possibly Hezekiya ben David, a contemporary of Hai Gaon) is reported to have been stringent with such leather (Terumat Hadeshen 297) ⁴ This is the opinion of R. Samson of Sens (Rash Mishantz on Kilayim 9:9)

והשיבו בראש הומיות תקרא ברחובות תתן קולה, בני ניאצוני ואף מי יתנני כירחי קדם כאשר אהבוני בני ומה לך אצל קלות, ולו החמורות ישמרו:

Trans. Josh Weiner, 2022

They responded: "At the head of the crowds she calls, she raises her voice in the streets," (Proverbs 1:20-21), My children have cursed me. "O that I were as in months gone by," (Job 29:2) when I was beloved by My children. Why should you stand by leniencies? If only they would guard my strictures!

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