It's forbidden to wear clothes that include both linen and wool from sheep. This mixture is called Sha'atnez.
Even if the wool and linen are tied to opposite ends of a clothing item, it is forbidden to wear the item.
One may not cover oneself with Sha'atnez; woolen blankets may not have linen threads or labels.
Even if the Sha'atnez item is not directly on one's skin it's forbidden; even if one is sleeping under a huge pile of blankets, the top one cannot contain Sha'atnez.
By Rabbinic decree it's also forbidden to sit on Sha'atnez.
Applies to everybody, everywhere, always.
Verse: "Do not wear Sha'atnez; wool and linen together." (Devarim 22:11)
Source: The Chafetz-Chaim's Sefer haMitzvot haKatzar; Prohibition 181
- Danny
Sunday, 23 Marcheshvan 5771
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