Responsa for Chullin 211:29
מים שנפסלו משתיית בהמה בכלים פסולים בקרקע כשרין
R'Idi B'Abin said in the name of R'Isaac B'Ashian: The washing of the hands for common food was ordained only in order to acquire the habit with regard to terumah;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For hands are accounted unclean in the second degree and so can only impart their uncleanness to consecrated food or terumah but not to common food.');"><sup>17</sup></span>
Teshuvot Maharam
Q. When are we supposed to recite the blessing "over the washing of hands?"
A. The blessing "over the washing of hands" is recited when one washes his hands upon rising from bed. It is also proper to recite this blessing when one comes out of a privy, and washes one's hands in order to recite the Minha services.
SOURCES: Pr. 40–41; L. 346; Rashba I, 1124. Cf. Wertheimer 4.
A. The blessing "over the washing of hands" is recited when one washes his hands upon rising from bed. It is also proper to recite this blessing when one comes out of a privy, and washes one's hands in order to recite the Minha services.
SOURCES: Pr. 40–41; L. 346; Rashba I, 1124. Cf. Wertheimer 4.
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Teshuvot Maharam
Q. When are we supposed to recite the blessing "over the washing of hands?"
A. The blessing "over the washing of hands" is recited when one washes his hands upon rising from bed. It is also proper to recite this blessing when one comes out of a privy, and washes one's hands in order to recite the Minha services.
SOURCES: Pr. 40–41; L. 346; Rashba I, 1124. Cf. Wertheimer 4.
A. The blessing "over the washing of hands" is recited when one washes his hands upon rising from bed. It is also proper to recite this blessing when one comes out of a privy, and washes one's hands in order to recite the Minha services.
SOURCES: Pr. 40–41; L. 346; Rashba I, 1124. Cf. Wertheimer 4.
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