Mesorat%20hashas for Menachot 10:25

מה לכלאים שכן הותרו מכללן אצל הדיוט בציצית אטו ציצית צורך הדיוט היא מצוה היא אלא

can prove otherwise: for it is forbidden to the layman yet permitted to the Most High.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The High Priest whilst officiating in the Temple wore a girdle that was blended of wool and linen.');">³⁴</span> But this is so of diverse kinds since an exception to the general prohibition is allowed to the layman in the case of the zizith!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. the fringes; cf. Num. XV, 38ff; Deut. XXII, 12. It is permitted to attach fringes of wool to a linen garment, for the prohibition of diverse kinds of stuff does not apply to the precept of zizith.');">³⁵</span> - Surely the zizith is not for the sake of the layman, it is a precept [of the Law]! - One could therefore say,

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