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That Mishnah’s teaching highlighting the prohibition to sleep in priestly vestments is needed for the latter clause of that Mishnah, which states: They remove their priestly vestments and fold them and place them under their heads. Since they are allowed to sleep on them, it must be emphasized that
The Talmud considers resolving the dilemma from the latter clause: They remove their priestly vestments and fold them and place them under their heads. The Talmud suggests: Learn from this that it is permitted to derive benefit from priestly vestments. Rav Pappa said: Do not say that the Mishnah me
So too, it is reasonable to say that the Mishnah permits the vestments to be placed only next to their heads and not under their heads; as, if it could enter your mind to say that the Mishnah permits the vestments to be placed under their heads, and I would derive that it is prohibited due to the fa
The Talmud elaborates on the preceding argument: If one claims that the Mishnah permits priests to sleep upon their vestments, it works out well according to the one who said: The belt of the High Priest worn on Yom Kippur, which does not contain diverse kinds, is the same as the belt of a common pr
And if you say that with regard to the prohibition of diverse kinds only wearing or placing the garment upon oneself is prohibited, but spreading them out and lying upon them on is permitted, and as such it should be permitted for the priests to sleep upon their vestments, this is incorrect. As, wa