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And the reference here is to the Alexandrian method of mending, a type of sewing performed in Alexandria, which is considered to be of exceptional quality and after which the tear is no longer visible.
A baraita states the following baraita: One who rends his garment in a place that had been loosely tacked together, or from the hem of the garment, or on the gathering, or on the ladder-like stiches has not fulfilled his obligation to rend it. But if he rends it in a place that had been carefully
A baraita states another baraita: One is permitted to turn a garment that was rent on the upper edge upside down and then mend it in a precise fashion. R' Shimon ben Elazar prohibits careful mending in this case as well. And if one wishes to sell a garment that he had previously rent in mourning, ju
A baraita states a baraita: The initial rending is a handbreadth in length, and the extension, if one is obligated to rend his garment for other deceased relatives and he wishes to use the same rent for this purpose, is 3 fingerbreadths; this is the statement of R' Meir. R' Yehuda says: The initi
Ulla said: The halakha is in accordance with the opinion of R' Meir that the initial rending is one handbreadth in length, and the halakha is in accordance with the opinion of R' Yehuda that an extension can be any length. The Talmud comments: That is also taught in a baraita: R' Yosei says: The in