Commentary for Shabbat 52:2
רבא אמר שלשה על שלשה בשאר בגדים איכא בינייהו דר' שמעון בן אלעזר אית ליה לתנא דבי ר' ישמעאל לית ליה
whilst the Tanna of the School of R. Ishmael rejects it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For he simply rules that wherever 'garments' is stated it means wool or flax. ');"><sup>4</sup></span> Now all at least agree that an area of three [fingerbreadths] of wool or linen is subject to the defilement of leprosy. How do we know it? Because it was taught, A garment:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XIII, 47: referring to leprosy. ');"><sup>5</sup></span> I know it only of a [complete] garment; whence do I learn it of [cloth] three [fingerbreadths] square? From the verse, and the garment.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' We-habeged, E.V. The garment also, 'And' is regarded as an extension. ');"><sup>6</sup></span>
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