One of those days

[theyellowhobbit]

Last night I found out that my nice peacoat, the one from the Gap that I got in 9th grade and am finally getting thin enough to fit into, could be shatnez. 70% wool, 25% polyester, 5% other materials. So I have to get it checked out.

Not wanting to break a mitzvah d'oraisa [as opposed to a mitzvah d'oraita...] I wore my other jacket today, the blue hippie one. It's not as nice, but this is potential shatnez we're talking about.

I put my keys in the pocket, and when I was biking on Spruce, they fell out. I looked for the few minutes I could spare before anthropology, but with no luck. Those keys are probably gone, so I have to wait until Ilana gets home tonight [luckily I have class until 5pm anyways] and hope that I can get away with the excuse that my keys are somewhere in the bottom of my bag. I'll make a new set of spare keys, too.

Then my bike was making squeaking noises, and I was late to anthropology.

Then I got my ENVS homework back, and got a 16/20, which is still an 80, but not so great. Other people got 10/20, so I should feel good. But it wasn't what I needed today.

Then Dassi called, to cancel us having lunch together.

Then there were no chocolate chip cookies at lunch.

At least I managed to get a psychiatrist appointment, which was the big thing I had to do this week.

Now it's time for Spirit & Law. I feel a little better having set up the appointment, so hopefully I'll be able to sit through class without going crazy [despite having not done the reading for this week.]

Comments

[kressel.livejournal.com]

Kol ha kavod for your attention to the oft-neglected mitzvah of shatnez!

Did you know that most of the shatnez labs in the US got their start from a Holocaust survivor? During the war, he promised Hashem that if he'd survive, he'd make sure people adhered to this mitzvah.

[jtersesk.livejournal.com]

So, what are the laws of shatnez? I get to learn something!

[sen-ichi-rei.livejournal.com]

The law is simple: you can't wear a garment that mixes wool and linen. You can own something else, like a blanket or a rug [provided you don't go around wearing it], or you can benefit from the sale of shatnez to a non-jew.

So my jacket has to be sent to a shatnez lab to get it checked. I'm not sure how to go about doing it. So I might just wear my other jacket for a while. Even though it's way less pretty.

Also, if you're wearing shatnez and someone tells you that it's shatnez, you're supposed to take it off immediately, even though that might cause some serious tzniut issues. Hence the pick-up line "Hey there, did you know your pants are shatnez?" I have yet to use it.

[jtersesk.livejournal.com]

So it's just specifically wool and linen? Would, say, cotton/angora be ok (there's a Banana Republic cotton/angora sweater that I'm in love with, which is why I thought of it). What about, like, cotton/polyester? Or do only natural fibers matter?

Hee. I'm full of questions.

Love the pickup line. Are there really wool/linen garments, anyway? And by mixes...Does that mean, like, if your coat has a linen lining and a wool body? Or if it actually mixes the fibers?