Commentary for Menachot 85:10

מאי טעמא הכא תרגימו משום זונה רב יהודה אמר שמא יתלוה עמו בדרך ויהרגנו

Rab Judah said, It is to be feared that [an Israelite] might jo him on the road and he might kill him.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A Jewish wayfarer would unhesitatingly join the gentile on the way, believing him to be a Jew since he is wearing a garment with fringes, and would have no suspicion against him so as to guard himself against attack.');">¹³</span> Rab Judah attached fringes to the aprons of [the women of] his household;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For he held that women are also bound to wear zizith.');">¹⁴</span>

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