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He examines it section by section, as by examining each part of the garment separately he will discover any remaining blood stain.
In the case of a garment in which a seminal emission, which is also ritually impure, was lost, i.e., it is not known where on the garment the semen is, if the garment is new, one examines it by sticking a needle into every part of it. In this manner he will feel if the semen is in the garment. If
The Talmud cites another case of a garment in which something was lost. A baraita states: With regard to a garment in which diverse kinds, a prohibited mixture of wool and linen, was lost, i.e., it is a wool garment into which a linen thread was sewn or vice versa and it is not known where on the
Abaye said to Rav Yosef, and some say that Rav Dimi said to Rav Yosef: But didn’t R' Mani say that R' Yannai said: They taught that it is permitted to place a corpse in a shroud of diverse kinds only in order to eulogize him, but it is prohibited to bury him in a shroud of diverse kinds? Rav Yosef s
And R' Yoḥanan conforms to his standard line of reasoning in this regard, as R' Yoḥanan said: What is the meaning of that which is written: “Set apart [ḥofshi] among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom You remember no more” (Psalms 88:6)? Once a person dies, he becomes free [ḥofshi