Commentary for Menachot 81:20
תניא נמי הכי טלית שנקרעה חוץ לשלש יתפור תוך שלש רבי מאיר אומר לא יתפור וחכ"א יתפור
[For it was taught]: The pious men of old used to insert the fringes as soon as three fingerbreadths of the garment had been woven?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Clearly because the obligation rests upon the garment as soon as it is made, for if it were a personal obligation the duty to insert fringes would arise only when the garment was about to be worn.');"><sup>12</sup></span>
Tosafot on Menachot
Do you punish [even for a positive commandment: of this type]. For a man is not obligated to purchase a cloak that requires [tsitsit], if [he] does not [have one]. But concerning a full positive commandment (in which the Torah obligates us to do something), even the earthly court may strike him until he dies.
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Rashi on Menachot
At that time - at the time when the corpse is dressed.
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Rashi on Menachot
We certainly affix - we put tzitzit [on the shroud] because were they not attached, it would be like mocking the dead. As we have learned, the dead are exempt from mitzvot.
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