Quotation for Yoma 70:3

תני רב הונא בר יהודה ואמרי לה רב שמואל בר יהודה אחר שכלתה עבודת ציבור כהן שעשתה לו אמו כתונת לובשה ועובד בה עבודת יחיד ובלבד שימסרנה לציבור פשיטא

that his mother made him a tunic worth one hundred minas which he put on to officiate at a 'private' service and then handed it over to the community. They told about R'Eleazar B'Harsom<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra p. 37, n. 5.');">⁶</span> that his mother made him a tunic worth twenty thousand minas and his brethren, the priests, would not suffer him to put it on because he looked like one naked. But how could it be transparent, did not a Master say the thread [of the priestly garments] was six times twisted? - Abaye said: [It was visible] even as wine shines through a [glass] cup.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Be it ever so thick. Thus was the flax of his garments transparent and his body visible.');">⁷</span>

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