Do you have to check wool garments for Shaatnez nowadays?
The Halacha still applies. What to check is another story. It has to be something with a real possibility of having Shaatnez.
Can the Rabbi please elaborate?
I wish I could. The whole topic is a little vague. Perhaps one of the others can elaborate.
To be clear, the Halacha is straight forward. Don’t wear Shaatnez. Simple. It’s the practical application that’s a little wishy washy.
Part of the confusion is that the Shaatnez checking process can seem a bit inconsistent at times. I have personally witnessed two Shaatnez checking places. One never finds Shaatnez while the other somehow finds Shaatnez in everything. Go figure.
Sometimes they’ll tell you when buying a suit that a particular brand never had Shaatnez after hundreds of checks. No need to check that suit. Other times, they’ll tell you that indeed there have been instances of Shaatnez in a certain brand. Check it…
Hope this helps a little.
The issur of Shatnez only applies if its שוע טווי ונוז. What exactly does that mean? Do the wool garments we have nowadays fall under this category?
Sure
Some want to say that you don’t have to check a wool garment for Shatnez because of a ספק ספיקא.
A. Maybe there’s no linen at all
B. Maybe the Halachah is like the Rambam and the Raavad that Shaatnez is only relevant when both the wool and linen undergo all three processes together: combed, spun into thread, woven or twisted together שוע טווי ונוז.
Rav Yitzchak Abadi z"l did not agree with this.
Thank you!