Reference for Menachot 83:3

ת"ר ציצית אין ציצית אלא ענף וכן הוא אומר (יחזקאל ח, ג) ויקחני בציצית ראשי ואמר אביי וצריך לפרודה כי צוציתא דארמאי

Abaye said, One must keep [the threads] separate, like the forelock of the gentiles.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The forelock after being bound together was left to hang loose in separate strands of hair. So, too, with the fringes, after the necessary windings the threads must hang loose in separate strands.');">⁴</span> Our Rabbis taught If one attached the fringes to the tip [of the corner] or to the selvedge [of the garment],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The closely woven binding at the edge of the garment so as to prevent ravelling.');">⁵</span>

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