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What are the implications of "Tavu es ha'Izim"?

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Rashi, Seforno and Targum Yonasan: It refers to the specialized art of spinning the hair directly off the goats' backs. 1

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Shabbos, 74b: Someone who does this on Shabbos however, is Patur, since it is not the way that one normally spins yarn.

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What was the point of spinning the hair directly off the goats' backs?

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Shabbos, 99a: Because this adds an additional sheen to the finished product. 1

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As we find by various commodities, such as honey, Kasi'ah (a spice) and milk, whose quality suffers, albeit only slightly, when they are moved away from their original location (Seforno).

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