Responsa for Menachot 85:20
אתה אומר פרט לכסות לילה או אינו אלא פרט לכסות סומא כשהוא אומר (דברים כב, יב) אשר תכסה בה הרי כסות סומא אמור הא מה אני מקיים וראיתם אותו פרט לכסות לילה
this excludes a night garment. You say it excludes a night garment, but perhaps it is not so, but it excludes rather a blind man's garment?
Teshuvot Maharam
Q. Whence did Maimonides derive the law that one should not sell to a Gentile a talith unless its Zizith are cut off, lest the Gentile gain the confidence of a Jew thereby, and kill him while traveling with him?
A. This law is clearly stated in the Talmud, (Menachot 43a).
This Responsum is addressed to R. Asher.
SOURCES: Pr. 543.
A. This law is clearly stated in the Talmud, (Menachot 43a).
This Responsum is addressed to R. Asher.
SOURCES: Pr. 543.
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