Commentary for Pesachim 38:2

אמר רבא והא תרוייהו בו ביום גזרו דתנן הספר והידים והטבול יום והאוכלין והכלים שנטמאו במשקין

- Said Rab Judah in Rab's name, - others state, R'Jose son of R'Hanina: Hands were taught before the enactment concerning utensils.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The enactment that hands are unclean preceded the other; and when this testimony was given, the latter was not yet in existence at all.');">²</span> Raba asked: Surely both were enacted on that self-same day, for we learned: [The following render terumah unfit.] a Book,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Any of the Books of the Bible.');">³</span>

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