Related%20passage for Menachot 62:3
ולא עתיקתא עתיקתא ממש ולא חדתתא חדתתא ממש אלא הא דלא אפיצן הא דאפיצן וה"מ בגידין אבל בגרדין לא
Moreover 'old' does not mean actually old, nor 'new' actually new, but the one means prepared with gall-nut juice<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In that case even though old it is strong, and will withstand any rent, and therefore it may be sewn together again. This is the interpretation according to Alfasi, Hil. Sef. Tor., and Maim. Yad, Sef. Tor. IX, 15. Rashi explains: if treated with gall-nut juice it becomes darkened and is at once regarded as old. A very difficult explanation.');"><sup>3</sup></span> and the other means not so prepared.
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