Commentary for Menachot 83:2
והתנן לולב שיש בו ג' טפחים כדי לנענע בו כשר אלא אין לו שיעור למעלה אבל יש לו שיעור למטה ה"נ אין לו שיעור למעלה אבל יש לו שיעור למטה
We must therefore say that it means, there is no prescribed maximum length for it but there is a prescribed minimum length; so here too, [with regard to the zizith] it means, there is no prescribed maximum length for it but there is a prescribed minimum length. Our Rabbis taught: zizith: the word zizith means nothing else than something which hangs loose, for so it says, And took me by a lock [zizith] of mine head.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ez. VIII, 3. Heb. .');"><sup>3</sup></span>
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