Mesorat%20hashas for Shabbat 53:12

רב נחמן בר יצחק אמר אף כל

but to place it over oneself<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' E.g., as a covering or wrap. ');">²²</span> any two materials [mingled] are forbidden. Now, does that not follow a fortiori': if of wearing, though the whole body derives benefit from kil'ayim,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When one wears a garment it comes into closer contact with the separate limbs of the body, affording them protection and warmth, than when he merely covers or wraps himself in a robe. ');">²³</span> you say, wool and linen alone [are forbidden] but nothing else; how much more so wrapping oneself! Hence this [dictum] of R. Papa is a fiction.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Incorrect. ');">²⁴</span> R. Nahman b. Isaac said: 'So all etc.'

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