Related%20passage for Shabbat 126:21

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When R. Dimi came,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. p. 12, n. 9. ');">¹⁹</span> he said in the name of R. Johanan: How do we know that woven [material] of whatever size is [liable to become] unclean? From the ziz.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The headplate worn by the High Priest, v. Ex. XXVIII, 36ff. Though quite small, it was counted among the High Priest's adornments, and was therefore susceptible to uncleanness. ');">²⁰</span> Said Abaye to him, Was then the ziz woven? But it was taught: The ziz was a kind of golden plate two fingerbreadths broad, and it stretched round [the forehead] from ear to ear, and upon it was written in two lines 'yod he' above and 'Holy lamed' below.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the Divine Name on the upper line and 'Holy unto' on the lower line. ');">²¹</span> But R. Eliezer son of R. Jose said: I saw it in the city of Rome,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Whither it was taken after the destruction of the Temple. ');">²²</span> and 'Holy unto the Lord' was written in one line.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From this Baraitha we see that the ziz was not of woven material. ');">²³</span> When R. Dimi went up to Nehardea, he sent word: The things that I told you were erroneous. But in truth it was thus said on R. Johanan's authority: How do we know that an ornament of whatever size is [liable to become] unclean? From the headplate. And how do we know that woven material of whatever size is unclean? From [the phrase] or raiment.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XI, 32. 'Or' is an extension. ');">²⁴</span> Our Rabbis taught: Woven stuff of whatever size is unclean, and an ornament of whatever size is unclean. [An object partly] woven and [partly] an ornament of whatever size is unclean.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Tosaf. observes that this implies that nevertheless some minimum is required in the size of woven material and ornaments. ');">²⁵</span> A sack goes beyond a garment, in that it is unclean as woven material.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This is explained below. ');">²⁶</span> Raba said: Woven stuff of whatever size is unclean: this is [deduced] from, 'or raiment'. An ornament of whatever size is unclean: [this is learnt] from the headplate. [An object partly] woven and [partly] an ornament of whatever size is unclean: this is [deduced] from, every serviceable utensil.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XXXI, 51 (E. V.: all wrought jewels). ');">²⁷</span> Said one of the Rabbis to Raba, But that is written in reference to Midian?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which treats of defilement through the dead. Such is graver than uncleanness through dead reptiles (sherazim), which it is sought to prove here. ');">²⁸</span> We learn

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