פירוש על ברכות 104:5

From the interior of the cup on to the exterior and thereby increase the possibility of the hand contracting defilement.

And the hands are then clean for the meal.

Should he wipe his hands during the meal.

See p. 335 n. 3.

See p. 335 n. 1.

Which belongs to the class of holy things and can be defiled by a table unclean in the second degree.

To protect themselves against defilement.

Bet Hillel's reason was the desire to protect the food from defilement.

And Bet Shammai are concerned to protect the hands from defilement.

The water may splash on to it, and it is forbidden to spoil food ; cf. fol. 50b, p. 324.

Which may be spoiled by being splashed upon. The words in brackets are omitted by M. and are probably an interpolation.

Consequently there is no need to fear that bread will be spoilt by the water, since the crumbs do not count.

Therefore the attendant will know that the larger pieces have to be removed, and the washing of the hands can safely be done before the table is cleared.

This, not Jose as in edd., is probably the correct reading. Cf. D. S. ad loc.

M. omits : b. Judah.

M.: Rab.

Why, then, did Raba say the benediction over spices before over the light?

I.e. continned the teaching of the Mishnah which must be supplemented as follows.

Hence Raba acted aright in saying the benediction over the spices first.

The word used by Bet Hillel. It ia the participle of the verb.

Or, he continues to create.

To Bet Shammai that bore' can mean "he will create." In all the following passages the participle refers to the past.

Rashi explains: coloured lights, as red, white, green. "[Bet] Hillel considered the different colours of bodies to be due to different sorts of light : whilst [Bet] Shammai attributed colour to the object coloured, and not to the light by means of which we see it" (S. Brodetsky iu J. R. ii. p. 66).

I.e. by its light forbidden work has been done on the Sabbath.

Throughout this passage some edd. read "Samaritans," for fear of the Censor.

Therefore the objection to "the spices of the gentiles" cannot be on the ground of idolatry.

M.: Rab Ashe. On Sura, see p. 74 n. 1.