Talmud for Menachot 82:14

אמר רב הונא ד' בתוך ד' ומשולשת ד' ורב יהודה אמר ג' בתוך ג' משולשת ג'

Abaye said, In every case my Master [Rabbah] followed Rab's ruling, save in the above three cases in which he followed Samuel's ruling, namely, that one may detach the fringes from one garment [and insert them] into another, that one may kindle one light from another light, and that the halachah is in accordance with R'Simeon's view concerning the dragging [of an object on the Sabbath], for it was taught: R'Simeon says, A man may drag a bed, a chair or a bench on the Sabbath, provided he has no intention of making a groove.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Although when dragging a heavy object over soft earth it is inevitable that a groove be made, which act is forbidden on the Sabbath, R. Simeon permits it as long as there was no intention of making the groove. V. Shab. 22a.');"><sup>11</sup></span>

Tractate Tzitzit

As for the commandment of zizith, Beth Shammai say: [It requires that there shall be] four threads, [each] of four finger-[breadths in length]; but Beth Hillel say: Three threads [each] of three finger-[breadths in length]. R. Jose b. Judah remarked: Although Beth Hillel said, ‘Three [threads, each] of three [finger-breadths in length]’, their ruling is practically identical with that of the other.¹⁵lit. ‘the words of these are near to be like the words of those’; i.e. of Beth Hillel, who refer to the fingers of a larger hand, and Beth Shammai to those of a smaller hand.

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Tractate Tzitzit

[Each] zizith is inserted [in a hole] within three finger-[breadths] of [each] corner; farther away than this is invalid If it was inserted in the border, it is invalid; if between a handbreadth [from the edge] and the border, it is valid. R. Eliezer b. Jacob declares it to be invalid. [If a strip less than three finger-breadths in length]¹⁷So according to Men. 41a (Sonc. ed., pp. 247f.). was cut off [from a ṭallith]¹⁸That had no zizith (Rashi ad loc.). and then rejoined to it, [the ṭallith] is valid. R. Meir declares it to be invalid.¹⁹His reason being that, as it is proper to insert zizith within three finger-breadths from the corner, one might use a hanging thread left from the sewing as one of the four threads required for the zizith. But that would render the entire fringe invalid, since all the threads have to be made specifically for the purpose of the commandment, whereas the hanging thread was one ready made (cf. Men. Sonc. ed., p. 248, nn. 1f.). [If the detached part] was made into [a smaller ṭallith] on its own, it is valid.

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