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Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 20
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Orach Chayim Siman 20 is a source-text unit from the Shulchan Arukh with 2 seifim. Its reading map separates the practical rule, its conditions and the points that need comparison with the surrounding text.
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<b>דיני לקיחת ומכירת טלית. ובו ב סעיפים:</b><br>הלוקח טלית מצוייצת מישראל או מתגר עכו"ם [ואומר שלקחן מישראל נאמן] [נ"י הלכות ציצית] כשר דכיון דתגר הוא חזקה שלקחה מישראל דלא מרע נפשיה אבל אם לקח מעכו"ם שאינו תגר פסול':
Laws of Buying and Selling a טלית. Containing 2 Se'ifim: One who buys a טלית with ציצית on it from a Jew or from a non-Jewish merchant [and he says that he bought it from a Jew, and he's believed] (Nimukei Yosef - Laws of ציצית) it is valid, because since he's a merchant, there's a presumption [that he's telling the truth and] that he bought it from a Jew because he wouldn't harm himself (ie. ruin his career by lying to customers). But, if one bought it from a non-Jew that's not a merchant, it is invalid.
אין מוכרין טלית מצוייצת לעכו"ם שמא יתלוה עם ישראל בדרך ויהרגנו אפי' למשכן ולהפקיד טלית מצוייצת לעכו"ם אסור אא"כ הוא לפי שעה דליכא למיחש להא:
One can not sell a טלית with ציצית on it to a non-Jew because maybe he will [wear it, pretending to be a Jew, and] accompany a Jew on the road and kill him. Even to use as collateral and to deposit a טלית with ציצית on it to a non-Jew is forbidden, unless it's temporary since then there's nothing to worry about.
English translation: Sefaria Community Translation · CC0