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From: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: Wool vs Linen
Message-ID: <269@unc.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 26-Mar-85 17:51:05 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 26 17:51:05 1985
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References: <653@pyuxd.UUCP> <200@ihu1n.UUCP> <1291@shark.UUCP> <sdcrdcf.1855>
Reply-To: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann)
Organization: CS Dept., U. of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Summary: 

In article <sdcrdcf.1855> barryg@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Lee Gold) writes:
>Recently in a discussion of shattnes, someone asked just why Wool and
>Linen were singled out as two types of cloth not to mix for a garment.
>
>Wool is derived from an animal; linen from a plant.

Just a guess:  Maybe it has something to do with the story
of Cain and Abel?  Cain grew plants; Abel raised sheep.

	Frank Silbermann