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The Talmud rejects this proof: There, the parents threw the garments onto their son’s bier because of their bitterness over his death, but they did not really mean to designate the garments to be buried with him. The Talmud raises a difficulty: If so, how can one understand that which is taught wi
Ulla interpreted the baraita as referring to a case where the garments were thrown onto a bier that was to be buried together with the son, and it is possible that those garments might be mistaken for shrouds of the deceased. The rabbis decreed that it is prohibited to derive benefit from such garm
The Talmud suggests: Come and hear a proof in support of Abaye’s opinion from a baraita: If one fashioned a pouch in which to put tefillin, it is prohibited to put money in it. If he put tefillin in it, but he did not designate it beforehand for that purpose, he may still put money in it. The rul
The Talmud suggests: Come and hear another baraita that supports the opinion of Rava: If one said to a craftsman: Fashion me a case [tik] for a Torah scroll, or: Fashion for me a bag [nartik] for tefillin, as long as he has not yet used them for a sacred purpose, it is permitted for him to use them
The Talmud explains: The matter of whether or not mere designation is significant is a dispute between tanna’im. As it is taught in a baraita: If one took tefillin and coated them with gold or patched them with the hide of a non-kosher animal, they are unfit. But if one patched them with the hide o