Commentary for Shabbat 54:4

ואימא לרבות שאר בגדים מסתברא קאי בצמר ופשתים מרבה צמר ופשתים קאי בצמר ופשתים מרבה שאר בגדים:

other kinds [of materials] discharge [the obligation] in their own kind, but not in a different kind. [Thus,] you might argue, it is as Raba:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That the juxtaposition illumines the nature of the fringes, but does not teach that the garment itself must be of wool or linen. For in fact, according to Raba, there is an obligation whatever the material. ');">⁷</span> therefore we are informed [otherwise].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Yeb., Sonc. ed., p. 15 notes. ');">⁸</span>

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