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And a carder should not place in a piece of cloth more than 3 stitches for each loop that he attaches to the cloth in order to stretch it out, as this causes the cloth to overstretch and require trimming. And he should not card the cloth along its warp, i.e., vertically, but along its weft, i.e.,
The Talmud analyzes the baraita: The Master said in the baraita that the launderer may take two threads. But didn’t we learn in the Mishnah that the launderer may take 3 threads? The Talmud answers: This is not difficult: The ruling of this baraita, which allows only two threads, is stated with reg
It was also stated in the baraita: And he should not card the cloth along its warp but along its weft. The Talmud asks: But isn’t it taught in another baraita that the opposite is the halakha? The Talmud answers: This is not difficult: The ruling of this baraita, which prohibits carding along the
The Talmud examines the next clause of the baraita: And a carder should not place in a cloth more than 3 stitches for each loop. R' Yirmeya raised a dilemma with regard to the definition of the term stitch in this context: Does drawing the needle in and out constitute one stitch, or perhaps does dra
It was further stated in the baraita: And he may even out the cloth by cutting it along its length, but not along its width. The Talmud asks: But isn’t it taught in another baraita that the opposite is true? The Talmud answers that this is not difficult: The statement of this baraita, which rules