Yerushalmi Kilayim 9:6 ירושלמי כלאים ט׳:ו׳

MISHNAH: Tags of weavers and washermen¹⁵⁹Little bits of cloth with the name of the client stitched to cloth or garment. They may not be from a material making kilaim with cloth or garment. are forbidden because of kilaim. If one stiches one pin-stitch there is no connection, it does not fall under kilaim, and if he removes it on the Sabbath he is not prosecutable¹⁶⁰If a woolen and a linen garment are stitched together by one needle-stitch only, there is no connection because the thread can be removed by simply drawing it. But if there are at least two needle-stitches, so that the two ends of the thread are on the same side, this is a connection as for kilaim, impurity, and the Sabbath.. If the two ends appear on the same side it is a connection, it falls under kilaim, and if he removes it on the Sabbath he is guilty. Rebbi Jehudah says, only if there are three pin-stitches. A sack or a chest bring together for kilaim¹⁶¹One may not carry a sack or a chest containing both woolen and linen clothing. All Sifry mss. (Deut. 232) as well as the Mishnah and Maimonides mss. in the family of Rabbi Qafeḥ read מצרפין instead of מצטרפין, but there can be no doubt that in the language of the Mishnah, the t-passive מצטרפין has the meaning of active פצרפין. The Sifry, in the understanding of Maimonides, reads: “ ‘Together’ in any way, this forces you to state that sack and chest bring together.”.

HALAKHAH: Rebbi Ḥanina said, not until it comes down an entire side¹⁶²For him, woolen and linen cloth create kilaim only if a full seam was sown. This clearly contradicts the Mishnah which requires only two or three needle-stitches. The Halakhah does not decide whether one follows the anonymous Tanna or R. Jehudah. [This paragraph and the next are also in Šabbat 7 (fol. 10c)].. Rebbi Yannai said, they said to Rebbi Ḥanina, get out and read! Did we not state, “if the two ends appear on the same side?” That means, only if it goes down and up. And did we not state, “Rebbi Jehudah says, only if there are three needle-stitches.” That means [the thread] goes down, up, and down. But so and so¹⁶³Either one follows the rabbis of R. Jehudah; in no case does one need more than three stitches..

A thread drawn through by means of a needle, even it if has a knot on each side, is no connection for cloth¹⁶⁴If one stitch has been made and now the needle is sticking in the cloth, this does not count since the needle will eventually be removed. In order to create kilaim, the thread alone must cross the cloth two times, for one regular stitch. The next sentence is the justification for the rule.. The thread is a connection for cloth but not for the needle. Rebbi Jonah and Rebbi Yose both say, only if it is knotted on both sides. The words of the rabbis disagree since Rebbi Abba, Rebbi Jeremiah¹⁶⁵Rav Jeremiah in the Babli. said in the name of Rav: He who straightens out the sides on the Sabbath¹⁶⁶According to Maimonides (Šabbat 10:9), it is the regular procedure in sewing a garment that when a seam is sewn the two sides are stretched to be equal before the thread is knotted. According to Rashi in Babli Šabbat 95a, it refers to a garment ready to wear or already worn, of which a seam became loose. The explanation of Maimonides is the only one compatible with the Yerushalmi. is guilty because of sewing¹⁶⁷The parallel in Babli Šabbat 95a simply says, “is guilty” without stating the reason. Then the argument of the Yerushalmi is impossible. The Babli supports R. Jonah and R. Yose in the name of R. Joḥanan, that a double stitch is counted as permanent connection only if knotted at both ends.. He should have said “because of sewing and making knots.”

Rebbi Simon said, the reason of Rebbi Yose¹⁶⁸It seems that this should be “R. Jehudah”. Maybe the manuscript before the scribes simply had ר״י. is that by the third his work becomes permanent. Does Rebbi Jehudah hold with Rebbi Eliezer? As we have stated there¹⁶⁹Šabbat Mishnah 13:1. The parallel in Halakhah 13:1 is all in the name of R. Ulla and has the names of R. Eliezer and R. Jehudah switched. Maybe “R. Simon” here is an intrusion from the next paragraph., “Rebbi Eliezer says that he who weaves three threads at the start or one thread on a piece of weaving already begun is guilty.” Rebbi Ulla said, the reason of Rebbi Eliezer is that by the third his work becomes permanent. But here, might less than that be undone¹⁷⁰If the weaver made three passes with his shuttle, he can leave his work for the next day without fear that it will unravel by itself. That does not mean that in the case of the Mishnah R. Eliezer requires three needle-stitches; maybe two needle-stitches only, and R. Eliezer may disagree with R. Jehudah about sewing. The question cannot be asked in the Babli since two stitches knotted at both ends are at least as good as three unsecured ones.?

Rebbi Simon in the name of Rebbi Joshua ben Levi: They stated only “sack”. Hence not a basket. It was found stated: The basket, the sack, and the chest bring together for kilaim. Tents have nothing to do with kilaim¹⁷¹Tent cloth may contain linen and wool; linen and woolen garments stored in the same tent do not produce kilaim..

Rebbi Jeremiah asked, can he and his son combine for kilaim? How may this be? He wears woolen clothes but his son wears linen clothes. He takes a woolen belt and winds it around both of them. Rebbi Yose said, where is it bitten¹⁷²“Biting” means a direct connection, that one piece of cloth is inside the other or a thread is physically in both. Mere touching means nothing. נו is a contraction of ניהו “he, it”.? Rebbi Ḥaggai asked, can he himself bring together for kilaim? How may this be? He wears a woolen sock on one foot and a linen one on the other foot. Rebbi Yose said, where is it bitten? No, it is needed if he had the ends of wounds, put a plaster¹⁷³Latin splenium, Greek σπλήνιον. The word usually appears as אַסְפְלִנִית in both Galilean and Babylonian texts. of a woolen patch on one end and a linen patch on the other end. Rebbi Yose said, where is it bitten? Nothing is forbidden unless there is biting.