Commentary for Bava Kamma 201:15

תא שמע בגד שצבעו בקליפי שביעית ידלק שאני התם דאמר קרא (ויקרא כה, ז) תהיה בהויתה תהא

came along and dyed that wool of the one with those dyes of the other; now, is the improvement effected by the colours a [separate] item independent of the wool so that the owner of the dyes is entitled to say to the owner of the wool: 'Give me my dyes which are with you',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. p. 587. n. 2. ');">¹³</span> or is the improvement effected by colours not a [separate] item apart from the wool, so that he might retort to him: 'I have nothing belonging to you'? — Come and hear: A garment which was dyed with the shells of the fruits of '<i>Orlah</i><span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the fruit in the first three years of the plantation of the tree; cf. Glos. ');">¹⁴</span> has to be destroyed by fire.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'Orl. III, 1. 'Orlah is proscribed from any use; cf. Lev. XIX, 23. ');">¹⁵</span> This proves that appearance is a distinct item [in valuation]!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To render the garment itself proscribed. ');">¹⁶</span> — Said Raba: [It is different in this case where] any benefit visible to the eye<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. Me'il. 20a. ');">¹⁷</span> was forbidden by the Torah as taught <i>Uncircumcised: it shall not be eaten of</i>;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XIX, 23. ');">¹⁸</span> this gives me only its prohibition as food. Whence do I learn that no other benefit should be derived from it, that it should not be used for dyeing with, that a candle should not be lit with it? It was therefore stated further, <i>Ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised:&nbsp;… uncircumcised, it shall not be eaten of</i>, for the purpose of including all of these.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Pes. 22b. Kid. 56b. 'Orlah thus affords no precedent. ');">¹⁹</span> Come and hear: A garment which was dyed with the shells [of the fruits] of the sabbatical year has to be destroyed by fire!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Now, could it not be proved from this that mere colour is a distinct item! ');">²⁰</span> — It is different there, as Scripture stated: '<i>It shall be'</i><span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XXV, 7. ');">²¹</span> implying that it must always be as it was.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Even after it has been changed and altered by various processes. ');">²²</span>

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