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Responsa for Kilayim 9:9

הַלְּבָדִים אֲסוּרִים, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהֵם שׁוּעִים. פִּיו שֶׁל צֶמֶר בְּשֶׁל פִּשְׁתָּן אָסוּר, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהֵם חוֹזְרִין כָּאָרִיג. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר, מְשִׁיחוֹת שֶׁל אַרְגָּמָן אֲסוּרוֹת, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהוּא מוֹלֵל עַד שֶׁלֹּא קוֹשֵׁר. לֹא יִקְשֹׁר סֶרֶט שֶׁל צֶמֶר בְּשֶׁל פִּשְׁתָּן לַחְגֹּר בּוֹ אֶת מָתְנָיו, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהָרְצוּעָה בָאֶמְצַע:

Felted [wool beaten and presed, not spun or woven] materials are forbidden [if mixed with flax] because they are combed [together]. An edging [stitch that finishes off the woven cloth to prevent fraying] of wool on linen is prohibited, because it interlaces the weave [it resembles weaving]. Rabbi Yosi says, Purple woolen tie-cords are prohibited [to be tied around a linen robe], because they are stitched on before being tied [so as not to fall off the robe]. One may not tie a strip of wool [material] to [a strip] of linen [material] in order to gird one's loins, even though there is a strap [of leather] in the middle.

Shut min haShamayim

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 threads1This seems to be the opinion of Rabbeinu Tam in Tosafot on Yevamot 5b:5, or do we say that sewing linen is only a rabbinical prohibition, and therefore in any case of doubt we should be lenient?2This is the opinion of Rashi on Yevamot 5b:5, and of his son-in-law Rivan (see Tosafot ad loc.) 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 linen3This 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), or whether it is permitted4This is the opinion of R. Samson of Sens (Rash Mishantz on Kilayim 9:9).
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