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This is permitted provided that the strings are not broken. The Talmud asks: Should one conclude from this baraita that it is always permitted to untie tzitzit from one garment in order to affix them to another garment? The Talmud rejects this inference: Perhaps the ruling of this baraita applies
A baraita states: In the case of a cloak that is made entirely of tekhelet wool, strings of every type of color exempt it, i.e., the tzitzit that are not tekhelet may be any color except for indigo, a color that is indistinguishable from tekhelet. This indicates that if one attached strings dyed
The Talmud raises an objection from a baraita: A cloak is exempted only by strings of its own type. In the case of a cloak that is made entirely of tekhelet wool, one brings tekhelet [tekhelet] strings and something else, i.e., strings of a different color, and attaches them to the cloak. And he
Rav Naḥman bar Yitzḥak said: This is not difficult, because here, in the baraita that holds that the tzitzit are fit after the fact, it is referring to a cloak that has only 4 strings, two of tekhelet and two of indigo. There, in the baraita that holds that the tzitzit are unfit after the fact,
The Talmud asks: Should you conclude from the fact that the rabbis were concerned lest one take the indigo strings from this garment for use in another garment that in general one may untie tzitzit from one garment in order to affix them to another garment? The Talmud responds: Perhaps their concer