Chullin 209
אילימא בית שמאי אומרים מקנח ולא בעי מדיח ובית הלל אומרים מדיח ולא בעי מקנח אלא הא דאמר רבי זירא
Should you say it means this: Beth Shammai say: One must clean [the mouth] and not rinse it,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., rinsing the mouth with water would not be sufficient and so would not serve the purpose; so Rashi adopting the reading which omits the tnhkht words 'need not' before 'rinse it' in cur. edd. V. MS.M. v. also Tosaf. s.v.');"><sup>1</sup></span>
אלא בית שמאי אומרים
One must rinse [the mouth] and not clean it, then the statement of R'Zera viz. , Cleaning the mouth must be done with bread only, would agree with the view of Beth Shammai, would it not?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For Beth Hillel do not mention 'cleaning the mouth', accordingly R. Zera's statement is based upon Beth Shammai's view.');"><sup>2</sup></span>
אף מדיח הוי ליה מקולי בית שמאי ומחומרי בית הלל ולתנייה גבי קולי בית שמאי וחומרי בית הלל
One must also rinse it, then it is a case in which Beth Shammai adopt the lenient ruling and Beth Hillel the strict ruling; why then is this not taught among the cases<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'Ed. IV, V.');"><sup>3</sup></span>
וב"ה אומרים
But one [school] mentions one [requirement], the other [school] another, and they do not really differ.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For they are agreed that both requirements are essential, namely, and cleaning and rinsing the mouth. As for washing the hands v. Asheri a.l. and Tur, Yoreh Deah, LXXXIX.');"><sup>4</sup></span>
ודחיטי נמי לא אמרן אלא בקרירא אבל בחמימא משטר שטרי
R'Assi enquired of R'Johanan: How long must one wait between flesh and cheese?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e, after eating flesh how long must one wait before being allowed to eat cheese?');"><sup>6</sup></span>
אכל בשר אסור לאכול גבינה גבינה מותר לאכול בשר
- He quoted [in reply] the verse: While the flesh was yet between their teeth.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XI. 33. The suggestion is that the particles of flesh between the teeth are still termed 'flesh', and therefore must be removed before one may eat cheese.');"><sup>8</sup></span>
אלא כמה ישהה בין גבינה לבשר
Mar 'Ukba said: In this matter I am as vinegar is to wine<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'vinegar the son of wine', i.e., 'I am inferior to my father', applied both in a religious and secular sense.');"><sup>9</sup></span>
גבינה מותר לאכול בשר
Samuel here follows his maxim, for Samuel declared: He who inspects his property daily will find an istira.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A silver coin equal to half a zuz. The meaning is that he who inspects his property daily will derive much profit, for he will be able to see that everything is in proper order, and no workman of his could take advantage of his absence.');"><sup>10</sup></span>
אנא להא מלתא חלא בר חמרא לגבי אבא דאילו אבא הוה סייר נכסיה תרי זמני ביומא ואנא לא סיירנא אלא חדא זימנא
The Rabbis have long ago anticipated you.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By their advice to inspect one's property daily, whereby pilfering and theft is put a stop to.');"><sup>11</sup></span>
אמר ליה
He exclaimed: Now I have found all those istiras of the Master Samuel.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By being on the spot he was able to repair in time what might have been a serious disaster through inundation.');"><sup>12</sup></span>
רב אסי הוה סייר נכסיה כל יומא אמר
An objection was raised from the following: The first and last washing [of the hands] are bounden duties,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Whereas previously it was stated the washing before the meal was merely a meritorious act but not a duty.');"><sup>15</sup></span>
מיתיבי
.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The water does not run directly on to the ground, neither can it be said that it runs into a vessel: according to the second version this would be allowed, according to the first version it would not.');"><sup>17</sup></span>
מים ראשונים ואחרונים חובה אמצעיים רשות
The first washing may be With either hot or cold water; the last washing must be with cold water only, because hot water softens the hands and does not remove the grease.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which becomes absorbed all the more in the hands through hot water.');"><sup>18</sup></span>