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Do we act in this manner? Rav said to Shmuel: I did wash my hands, but as I am delicate I do not wish to hold food in my bare hands; therefore I covered them with a cloth.
The Talmud further relates: When R' Zeira left Babylonia for Eretz Yisrael, he found R' Ami and R' Asi eating bread while covering their hands with worn pieces of wineskins, rather than washing them. R' Zeira said to them: Could two great men such as yourselves err with regard to the incident of Ra
The Talmud notes: It escaped R' Zeira’s mind that Rav Taḥlifa bar Avimi said that Shmuel said: The rabbis permitted the consumption of bread while the hands are wrapped with a cloth rather than washed, specifically to priests who partake of teruma, as they are careful not to touch the bread with t
A dilemma was raised before the rabbis: If one eats by means of another feeding him, without himself touching the food, does he need to wash hands before eating or not? The Talmud suggests: Come and hear proof from the following incident where Rav Huna bar Seḥora was standing before Rav Hamnuna and
The Talmud infers from this episode: What is the reason that it was permitted for Rav Hamnuna to eat in such a manner? Is it not because he was careful not to touch the food with his hands? This indicates that someone may be fed even without washing his hands. The Talmud rejects this: No, one can s