Commentary for Moed Katan 36:1
הספרים הני אין כלי פשתן לא
This [detailed enumeration] implies that these only [one may wash], but not [all sorts of] garments made of flax? - Said Abaye to him, [Not necessarily]; Our Mishnah included even those other kinds [of material].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [E.g., woollen which requires more skill in cleaning, yet in the case of hand-towels, washing is permitted. But as to those made of linen, all sorts of garments may be washed].');"><sup>1</sup></span> Said Bar Hedya: I have myself seen at the lake of Tiberias [people] bringing along basins full of flax garments [and washing them] during the festival week. Abaye [however] strongly contested this [testimony].
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