[Sca-cooks] Re: [Bright Hills] RE: things they dont explain about Pennsic

[Matthew G. Saroff]

On Thu, 3 Jun 2004, Olwen the Odd wrote:

>
> >if you are worried about the kosher rule against mixing wool and linen,
> >take a cotton or silk layer you can wear between any wool and linen,
> >and pack them in separate trunks.
>
> I never knew there were kosher laws about materials.  How very interesting.
> Now I have one more thing to put on my list of stuff to find out more about.

	There is not a prohibition against wearing wool and linen clothing
together.  It is a prohibition against wearing a wool-linen fabric blend
(Shatnez).

http://www.beingjewish.com/mitzvos/shatnez.html

> The Torah (Deuteronomy 22:11) is rather clear that shatnez refers
> specifically and only to wool and linen. Wool and linen attached to each
> other by any means is forbidden. It does not matter whether they are
> sewn together, spun, twisted, glued, or any method of attaching
> whatsoever.  Any method of combining wool and linen is forbidden. Wool
> that has linen thread through it, linen that has woolen thread through
> it, wool and linen fabric sewn together by silk (or any type of thread),
> wool or linen held together by a needle or pin - all these are
> forbidden. However, it is permitted to wear a linen garment over a
> woolen garment, or vice versa, since they are not attached to each
> other.
>
> The great Rabbinic Commentator Rashi says (on Genesis 26:5), quoting the
> Midrash, that the Law of shatnez is a chok, a decree that the King has
> passed for His subjects, for which we do not know the reason. A great
> many of the Commandments in the Torah are of that sort. We do not know
> precisely why pork is forbidden, for example. We do not understand how
> the Purification by means of a red heifer works.

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