[Mesorah] FW: cholov shechalovoi goy

[Micha Berger]

On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 02:35:26PM -0400, Zev Sero wrote:
: it's no surprise that people who'd been saying "talles koton" for centuries
: before him would not change their usage to accommodate his whim.

Actually R' Yaakov Kamenecki held that it was called a tallis qatan
because it was only kosher because the minimum shiur for a tallis
is one that covers a qatan. Thus, it's not a "small tallis" but a
"youth's tallis". Which explains the gender.

The gemara, rishonim, and Sepharadi acharonim do use tallisos or
talliyos for the plural.

GCT!
-mi

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