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The sediments of dye in the cauldrons, that is, the dyer took the dye remaining in the cauldron from previous use, and used that dye for this garment, leading to an inferior result.
§ A baraita states (Tosefta 10:8): With regard to one who gives wood to a carpenter to fashion a chair from it and he fashioned a bench from it instead, or one who gives him wood to fashion a bench and he fashioned a chair from it instead, R' Meir says: The carpenter gives him the value of his wood
The baraita continues: And R' Meir concedes that if he gave wood to a carpenter to fashion a beautiful chair from it and he fashioned an ugly chair from it, or to fashion a beautiful bench from it and he fashioned an ugly bench from it, then if the value of the wood’s enhancement exceeds the carpen
§ In connection with the discussion of the halakhic implications of the enhancement of a garment quoted above, the Talmud records that a dilemma was raised before the rabbis: What is the halakha? That the enhancement which dye provides to the wool is substantive, i.e., the dye is considered a separ
The Talmud asks: What are the circumstances in which this dilemma is relevant? If we say that the dilemma arises where one robbed another of pigments, and ground them up and soaked them in water, converting them into dye, and then dyed wool with them, then the dilemma would be concerning how the ro