tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141014.post8959537674582272666..comments2023-06-21T10:52:34.013-04:00Comments on Jeremy Rosen's Blog: Shavuot - A Kid In Its Mother's MilkAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17043970242427877089noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141014.post-40710128452633302362016-09-24T13:33:09.177-04:002016-09-24T13:33:09.177-04:00GreatGreatjameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12778562460990840204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141014.post-12719095716036641822013-05-12T07:15:15.441-04:002013-05-12T07:15:15.441-04:00Adam - Very interesting idea! Will see if there...Adam - Very interesting idea! Will see if there's a source in the Midrash. <br /><br />JRabbi Jeremy Rosenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12723608669485173271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141014.post-30589921710405461022013-05-12T07:14:13.512-04:002013-05-12T07:14:13.512-04:00L. Rivin - Very interesting theory and the beauty ...L. Rivin - Very interesting theory and the beauty of it is that no one can say with any certainty that it is wrong!!!!<br /><br />Jeremy RosenRabbi Jeremy Rosenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12723608669485173271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141014.post-22375448897384886292013-05-10T15:20:23.819-04:002013-05-10T15:20:23.819-04:00Re: wood and linen
I've wondered if there'...Re: wood and linen<br /><br />I've wondered if there's a parallel with Cain and Abel<br />and the sources of their sacrifices.<br /><br />Adamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141014.post-54321159455022429582013-05-10T02:07:02.026-04:002013-05-10T02:07:02.026-04:00One of my sons made a good point about the rule re...One of my sons made a good point about the rule regarding mixing linen and wool. <br /><br />Both yarns were the predominant locally available materials for fabric but while linen is cool it is stiff and tends to be semi-transparent. Wool is modest but scratchy, and sweaty in hot weather. A mix of the two is the obvious solution: linen would make a wool weave lighter and cooler, while wool would add density, stretch and drape to the linen.<br /><br />The problem with this seductive combination will show up only when the fabric is washed. Wool shrinks in washing. Linen stretches. A garment made of wool and linen, when washed, would stand a good chance of losing its shape. <br /><br />Very wealthy people might therefore wear such a garment only a couple of times but for most people the natural tendency would be to avoid cleaning it.<br /><br />Our conclusion was that although such a mixture was included in a list of other forbidden 'mixings' in this case it was forbidden first of all for reasons of hygiene and possibly secondarily to stop wealthy people from practising an early form of socially divisive one-use consumerism -- clothes which they wear a couple of times then, when they are dirty or misshapen, pass down to their servants.L. Rivlinhttps://www.facebook.com/lydia.rivlinnoreply@blogger.com