Applies only to linen and wool and primarily to garments. Sorry I don't have more time to go into it but it's right after Shabbat, so I have housework to do. No connection with the Essenes.
Here's an essay I wrote long ago: http://www.angelfire.com/home/avital/technical2.html#woollinen Mixing other fibers is okay. Avital On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 6:24 PM, Malvary J Cole <malva...@sympatico.ca> wrote: > This is primarily for Avital - just a quick question for my own information, > but I thought others might also be interested > > I heard a program yesterday talking about the rules of Kosher with respect > to fabric and it mentioned that linen and wool can not be mixed. One of the > reasons given was that the Essenes (at Qumran) dressed only in linen because > the invading Romans dressed in wool fabric. However, I'm sure the rules of > Kosher regarding this was probably much, much earlier than that, and that > the Essenes were actually just following the law. Also, during the Exodus > they would have probably worn wool - they probably wouldn't have been able > to grow a crop of flax in the dessert or taken the time to stay in one place > for that long. > > To get to my question - does the mixing of thread only apply to linen and > wool or does it apply to other threads? Would linen and cotton be ok > because they are both 'plant' origin OR would wool and silk be ok because > they are both 'animal' origin, but you couldn't mix cotton and silk any more > than you can mix linen and wool? > > Malvary in Ottawa, Canada > - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
