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what do they do with, i.e., how do they interpret, this verse: “With which you cover yourself” (Deuteronomy 22:12)? The Talmud answers that the Rabbis require it for that which is taught in a baraita: The phrase “on the 4 corners of your garment” (Deuteronomy 22:12) indicates that one is required t
The baraita continues: Do you say that a garment with 4 corners is obligated but not a garment with 3 corners? Or is it teaching only that a garment with 4 corners is obligated but not a garment that has 5 corners? When the verse states: “With which you cover yourself,” a garment with 5 corners is
The Talmud asks: But what did you see that led you to include a garment with 5 corners and to exclude a garment with 3 corners, rather than including a garment with 3 corners and excluding a garment with 5 corners? The Talmud answers: I include a garment with 5 corners, as 5 includes 4, and I exclud
The Talmud asks: And how does R' Shimon derive the halakha that a five-cornered garment is required to have tzitzit? The Talmud answers: He derives it from the seemingly extraneous word: “With which [asher] you cover yourself” (Deuteronomy 22:12). The Talmud asks: And what do the Rabbis derive from
The Talmud asks: And as for the Rabbis, what do they do with this phrase: “That you may look upon it” (Numbers 15:39), from which R' Shimon derives that a nighttime garment is exempt? The Talmud answers: They require it for that which is taught in a baraita: The verse: “That you may look upon it and