Commentary for Menachot 79:1
תנו רבנן סדין בציצית ב"ש פוטרין וב"ה מחייבין והלכה כדברי ב"ה
Our Rabbis taught: A linen garment is, according to Beth Shammai, exempt from zizith;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It is even forbidden to wear a linen garment that is provided with fringes on account of the prohibition of diverse kinds, linen and wool, which prohibition is not waived even for the performance of the law of zizith.');"><sup>1</sup></span> but Beth Hillel declare it liable.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the prohibition of diverse kinds is waived by the precept of zizith, this being inferred by reason of the juxtaposition of the two texts; cf. Deut. XXII, 11 and 12.');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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