[Avodah] Shaatnez -- too bad, or too good?

[Micha Berger]

I know that R SR Hirsch and R Sacks makes shaatnez and all the kelayim
laws about respecting the order put into Maaseh Bereishis.

Which would make the prohiibition of shaatnez about avoiding something
bad.

But being maavir sedra last week and next (Terumah & Tetzavah) it is
hard not to notice half the fabrics in the Mishkan and most of those in
the Bigdei Kohein Gadol are shaatnez.

(And according to the more popular shitah [Hil' Kelei haMiqdash 8:1-2],
the avneit of a Kohein Hediot too as it was identical to the KG's. See
Yuma 12b, where R Dimi cites both opinions, and the gemara determines
that Rebbe says it was the same shaatnez avneit, and R Elazar b"R Shimon
who says it was linen.)

Would bigdei kehunah include something normally too bad for regular
use? Could it be the problem with shaatnez is more like me'ilah? It's to
*good* for mundane use?

This would fit Derashos haRan, derashah 1, which lauds the value of
mixtures over homogenous elements: the 6 days of creation were about
forming the 4 elements in the right ways, the qetores smells better with
chelbonah, avaryanim bring something Kelel Yisrael would lack without
them... Every element lacks something, which the other elements can
fill in.

And by extension -- maybe this is the problem with other forms of
kelayim?

Although, a mixed team for plowing or any other work would appear
to be a tzaar baalei chaim issue more than anything else.


-Micha

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