Responsa for Menachot 85:22
ורבנן
As excluding a night garment. And why do you choose to include a blind man's garment and to exclude a night garment?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The verse surely is not required to include a blind man's garment; since they declare that a night garment is subject to zizith - for according to them the precept is not limited to time, a fortiori a blind man's garment is subject to zizith.');"><sup>23</sup></span> include a blind man's garment since it is looked upon by others, whilst I exclude a night garment since it cannot be looked upon by others. And the Rabbis,
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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