Commentary for Gittin 30:14

וכי איכא משקה טופח מאי הוי והתנן

Is the case then that he washes one hand at a time? In regard to this too we have learnt<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Yad. II, 1. ');">¹²</span> that if a man washes one hand by pouring water over it and the other by dipping [it in a river] the hands are clean. Is it then that he washes a half of his hand at a time? Regarding this it has been laid down in the school of R. Jannai that the hands cannot be made clean by halves. — The question may still be asked in regard to the case where the water is still dripping [from one hand<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So that it is possible still to regard the hands as being washed together. ');">¹³</span> when he washes the second]. And suppose the water is dripping, what does it matter? Have we not learnt:

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