Responsa for Menachot 84:9

כתנאי ציפן זהב או שטלה עליהן עור בהמה טמאה פסולות עור בהמה טהורה כשירות ואע"פ שלא עיבדן לשמן רבן שמעון בן גמליאל אומר אף עור בהמה טהורה פסולות עד שיעבדן לשמן

but if he made them from a ball of thread they are valid.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Even though the thread was not woven specifically for zizith.');">¹⁴</span> When I repeated this before Samuel he said that even if he made them from a ball of thread they are invalid, because it is necessary that the weaving of the thread be done for this purpose. This, however, is a matter of dispute between Tannaim, for it has been taught:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Git. 45b; Sanh. 48b.');">¹⁵</span>

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