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the valley of Aravot [pakta da’aravot], where there was a shortage of water: People such as you, for whom water is scarce, should wash your hands in the morning and stipulate with regard to them for the entire day. Some say that R' Avina maintains that in exigent circumstances, yes, one should ac
Rav Pappa said: With regard to this irrigation channel [arita dedalla’ei], into which water is poured from a river using buckets, and which then transports the water to the fields, one may not wash his hands in it. The reason is that this water does not come from a person’s force, i.e., it is not
And if the bucket in which the water is drawn from the river is perforated with a hole large enough to enable liquid to enter the vessel when it is placed in the river, the presence of this hole connects the water in the channel to the water in the river, as they touch through that hole. And therefo
And Rava says: With regard to a vessel that does not have 1/4th-log of water in it, one may not wash his hands with it. The Talmud asks: Is that so? But doesn’t Rava say: With regard to a vessel that cannot contain 1/4th-log of water, one may not wash his hands with it. It may be consequently in
The Talmud answers: This is not difficult; this former statement, requiring 1/4th-log of actual water, is referring to washing for one person, whereas that latter statement, requiring only that the vessel have a capacity of 1/4th-log, is referring to washing for two people. If a vessel originally co