23 Tammuz 5770
July 5, 2010
A cotton sweater does not require testing unless it has attachments or trimmings.
A lady’s Moth (China) sweater with a contents label listing of 94% cotton, 6% other fibers has two decorative flower pins (as see in photo online). One of those pins was fine while the other the lower tested positive for shatnez.
For questions on shatnez to Rabbi Eliyahu Neiman, email jerusalemshatneznews@live.com.
Rabbi Eliyahu Neiman in 1991 was certified as expert in the field of shatnez in testing and halacha from the “Vaad Mishmeres Habeged” of Bnei Brak and the “International Association of Professional Shatnez Testers and Laboratories” of Lakewood, NJ.
Founded and managed the “Kiryat Sefer-Modi’in Illit Shatnez Laboratory from 1991-2005.
Senior tester in “Mishmeres Nasson Shatnez Laboratories Jerusalem from 2002-2008.
Rabbi Neiman is presently manager of the “Shatnez Express Betar Illit” as well as the “RBS (Ramat Beit Shemesh) Shatnez Laboratory”. He also runs Shatnez pick-ups in Jerusalem’s Ramat Eshkol, Yeshiva Ohr Somayach and N’vei Yaakov.
