Commentary for Menachot 84:7

אמר רב יהודה אמר רב עשאן מן הקוצים ומן הנימין ומן הגרדין פסולה מן הסיסין כשירה

Because it is said, Speak unto the children of Israel and bid them that they make them fringes;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XV, 38. 'They' is taken impersonally, not necessarily the children of Israel.');">¹⁰</span> others may make [the fringes] for them. Rab Judah said in the name of Rab, If a man made [the zizith] from the fringes<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The fringes or tufts of the woven cloth were twisted into zizith, but were not attached to the cloth for this purpose.');">¹¹</span>

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