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and an adult goes out in public on occasion while wearing it, it is required to have tzitzit. But if it is not large enough for a minor to cover his head and most of his body with it, then even if an adult goes out in public on occasion while wearing it, it is exempt from tzitzit. And so too with
And we discussed it: What is meant by: And so too with regard to diverse kinds? If we say that it means: And so too with regard to the prohibition of diverse kinds, that if a minor could not cover the majority of his head and body with it, the prohibition of diverse kinds does not apply, that is di
And Rav Naḥman bar Yitzḥak says in explanation: Rather, the baraita means: And so too with regard to whether a linen cloak is required to have tzitzit. If the cloak is large enough for a minor to cover his head and most of his body with it, then it requires tzitzit, and wearing the garment with the
Rather, what is meant by the statement that a cloak that is exempt from tzitzit is not subject to the prohibition of diverse kinds? It is referring to where one affixed tzitzit to a garment that already had tzitzit affixed to it. Even though the second set of tzitzit is superfluous, nevertheless the
The Talmud asks: But didn’t R' Zeira already say this one time when he stated that if one attached tzitzit to a garment that already had tzitzit attached to it and he then removed the first set of strings, the garment is fit? The Talmud answers: One was stated from the other by inference, and R' Ze