Reference for Menachot 83:11
רב אחא בר יעקב רמי ארבע ועייף להו מיעף ומעייל להו בגלימא ואביק להו מיבק קסבר בעינן תמניא בגלימא כי היכי דליהוי גדיל גדילים במקום פתיל
he was of the opinion that there must be eight threads in the [hole of the] garment, the same number as the threads which hang loose.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So MS.M. and early editions, reading for . According to cur. text: the same as the number of threads that hang loose suggested by the terms 'twisted cord' and 'twisted cords' (v. supra p. 239) .');"><sup>12</sup></span> R'Jeremiah of Difti used to insert eight threads, which [when hanging down] made sixteen loose threads, but he did not make them into a loop.
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