Chullin 212

עד הפרק קידוש ידים ורגלים במקדש עד הפרק וכל דבר שחוצץ בטבילה בגוף חוצץ בנטילת ידים לחולין ובקידוש ידים ורגלים במקדש

up to the joint;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The third joint of the fingers. i.e., the junction of the phalanges and the metacarpus.');">¹</span>

אמר רב

the sanctification of the hands and feet for Temple service<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the washing of hands and feet from the bronze laver; v Ex. XXX, 17-21.');">²</span>

עד כאן לחולין עד כאן לתרומה

[must reach] up to the joint.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The joint of the wrist.');">³</span>

ושמואל אמר

Whatsoever is deemed to be an interposition with regard to the immersion of the body<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Anything that adheres to the body and so prevents the water of the mikweh from penetrating to that part of the body renders the immersion invalid.');">⁴</span>

עד כאן בין לחולין בין לתרומה לחומרא

is also an interposition with regard to the washing of the hands and the sanctification of the hands and feet for the Temple service.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From the laver, v. Ex. XXX, 21.');">⁵</span>

ורב ששת אמר

Rab said: Up to here<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Rab was demonstrating the law to his pupils: for common food up to the second joint, and for terumah up to the third joint.');">⁶</span>

עד כאן בין לחולין בין לתרומה לקולא

is [the washing] for common food; up to here for terumah.

אמר בר הדיא

Samuel said: Up to here both for common food and for terumah, adopting the stricter view.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Up to the third joint of the fingers.');">⁷</span>

הוה קאימנא קמיה דרבי אמי ואמר

R'Shesheth said, up to here both for common food and for terumah, adopting the lenient view.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Up to the second joint of the fingers.');">⁸</span>

עד כאן בין לחולין בין לתרומה לחומרא

Bar Hadaya said: I was once standing before R'Ammi and he said: Up to here both for common food and for terumah, adopting the stricter view.

ולא תימא

And you must not suppose that R'Ammi [said so] because he was a priest,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And in order to acquire the habit of washing the whole surface of the fingers for terumah he ruled likewise for common food; I.e., it was merely a personal restriction.');">⁹</span>

רבי אמי משום דכהן הוא דהא רבי מיישא בר בריה דרבי יהושע בן לוי הוא ליואי ואמר

for R'Meyasha, the grandson of R'Joshua B'Levi, who was a Levite also said: Up to here both for common food and for terumah, adopting the stricter view.

עד כאן בין לחולין בין לתרומה לחומרא

Rab said: A person may wash both his hands in the morning and stipulate that it shall serve him the whole day long.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And he need not wash them again before his meals; he must however take care that his hands do not become dirty or unclean.');">¹⁰</span>

אמר רב

R'Abina said to the inhabitants of

נוטל אדם את שתי ידיו שחרית ומתנה עליהן כל היום כולו

אמר להו רבי אבינא לבני