Midrash for Bava Metzia 58:19
מצא כסות מנערה אחד לשלשים יום: למימרא דניעור מעלי לה והאמר רבי יוחנן מי שיש לו גרדי אומן בתוך ביתו ינער כסותו בכל יום אמרי בכל יום קשי לה אחד לשלשים יום מעלי לה
— It is necessary to state it in reference to a Scroll of the Torah. I might have said, One is pleased that a precept be fulfilled by means of his property: therefore we are informed [otherwise].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But the same certainly applies even with greater force to other articles. ');"><sup>16</sup></span>
Sifrei Devarim
"and thus shall you do with his garment": A garment is shaken out once in thirty days. He spreads it out for its need (i.e., to preserve it), but not for his honor.
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