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    Shatnez (or shaatnez, [ʃaʕatˈnez]; Hebrew: שַׁעַטְנֵז‎ šaʿaṭnēz) is cloth containing both wool and linen (linsey-woolsey), which Jewish law, derived from...
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    "linen") and wool. This textile has been known since ancient times. Known as shatnez (שַׁעַטְנֵז) in Hebrew, the wearing of this fabric was forbidden in the...
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    rabbinic, while the Rema ruled that it is Biblical. The Torah forbids shatnez ("intertying" wool and linen together). However, unlike other forms of...
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    as providing atonement for a specific sin: the coat for murder or for shatnez, the undergarment for unchastity, the miter for pride, the belt for theft...
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  • bird to take the young, Eating new grain, Forbidden mixtures (such as shatnez). Redeeming the firstborn, Excommunication, Visiting the sick, Mourning...
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    weaver in IrelandPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback Shatnez – Type of cloth Hemp seed – Low-THC cannabis plantPages displaying short...
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  • between chukim ("decrees" – laws without obvious explanation, such as shatnez, the law prohibiting wearing clothing made of mixtures of linen and wool)...
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    tartans are kosher: they are made of only wool to adhere to the law of shatnez, which prohibits the mixing of wool and linen. The newer Jewish tartan...
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    debate about mixed wool and linen tallit, since the Bible forbids klayim (shatnez)—"intertying" wool and linen together, with the two exceptions being garments...
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  • be made of wool, and the white strings from linen, making the tzitzit shatnez. Karaite Jews also maintain that Rabbinic Jews are not observing Jewish...
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    take samples and send them to Rosenberger to verify them as being free of shatnez even though they were relatively untrained. With the later introduction...
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    small-scale retail businesses out of their homes (from jewelry making and shatnez laboratories to accounting and insurance agencies). The community has a...
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  • 16:4), and during the rest of the year a belt made of both wool and linen (shatnez) (as stated in Exodus 39:29). The difference concerned only the common...
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  • (feat. Bram Presser of Yidcore) 2:55 3. "Malka Jihad" 2:50 4. "One Last Shatnez" 3:17 5. "Friday Night Lights" 2:52 6. "The Shidduch Hits the Fan" 2:32...
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  • insisted on wearing a summer uniform in winter, since there was a problem of shatnez. After serving under arms for some time, Kanievsky managed to get discharged...
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  • Hashem Lashon hara Lifnei iver Retzach Holocaust theology Tzedakah Tzniut Shatnez Halakha 613 Mitzvot Seven Laws of Noah Ten Commandments Midrash halakha...
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    11:7 and Deuteronomy 14:7–8), wearing wool-linen mixtures (שַׁעַטְנֵז‎, shatnez, prohibited by Leviticus 19:19 and Deuteronomy 22:11), release from levirate...
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    beyond reason, like those relating to wool-linen mixtures (שַׁעַטְנֵז‎, shatnez, prohibited by Leviticus 19:19 and Deuteronomy 22:11), release from levirate...
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  • different species planting mixed seeds grafting of different species of trees shatnez - mixing wool and linen in garments planting grain or seed-crop in a vineyard...
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    11:7 and Deuteronomy 14:7–8), wearing wool-linen mixtures (שַׁעַטְנֵז‎, shatnez, prohibited by Leviticus 19:19 and Deuteronomy 22:11), release from levirate...
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    11:7 and Deuteronomy 14:7–8), wearing wool-linen mixtures (שַׁעַטְנֵז‎, shatnez, prohibited by Leviticus 19:19 and Deuteronomy 22:11), release from levirate...
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  • Herman encouraged others to improve their mitzvah observance by providing a shatnez-checking service; arranging for the production of Cholov Yisroel (Jewish...
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  • marriage, niddah, the years of release and jubilee, the prohibition of Shatnez, and oaths. The last three subjects were completed, after Bashyazi's death...
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    11:7 and Deuteronomy 14:7–8), wearing wool-linen mixtures (שַׁעַטְנֵז‎, shatnez, prohibited by Leviticus 19:19 and Deuteronomy 22:11), release from levirate...
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    materials must be sewn together to become the forbidden mixture known as shatnez. The sages cited in Mishnah Kil’ayim cover all the generations of tannaitic...
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    11:7 and Deuteronomy 14:7–8), wearing wool-linen mixtures (שַׁעַטְנֵז‎, shatnez, prohibited by Leviticus 19:19 and Deuteronomy 22:11), release from levirate...
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