Commentary for Yevamot 8:12

הא כיצד צמר ופשתים פוטרין בין במינן בין שלא במינן שאר מינין במינן פוטרין שלא במינן אין פוטרין

[the latter of which occurs in connection with the law] of 'putting on'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As the latter applies to wool and linen only, so also the former. ');">³²</span> As to the Tanna of the School of R. Ishmael, is the reason [why 'mingled stuff' is permitted in zizith] because the All Merciful has written 'wool and linen', but if He had not done so, would it have been assumed that the All Merciful had forbidden two kinds of stuff in the zizith? But, surely. it is written, And they shall make them fringes in the corners of their garments<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XV, 38. ');">³³</span> and a Tanna of the School of R. Ishmael [taught]: Wherever 'garment' [is written] such as is made of wool or flax [is meant], and yet the All Merciful said that in them 'purple' shall be inserted, and purple, surely, is wool. And whence is it deduced that purple is wool? Since linen<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the description of the materials of the High Priests' garments (Ex. XXXIX, 1ff). ');">³⁴</span>

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