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Ibn Ezra on Leviticus 15:11/אבן עזרא על ויקרא ט״ו:י״א
אוידיו לא שטף במים. היה נראה לנו כי כל מאכל והדומה לו שיגע בו הזב והנגיעה היא בידים וידיו שטופות איננו טמא בעבור שלא נגע במקום הזוב רק כאשר ראינו כל אבותינו פירשו וידיו כגופו קבלנו דבריהם ועל דרך הפשט כי כל טהור שיגע בו הזב וידיו שטופות הוא יטמא ולא בגדיו ואם לא היו שטופות יטמאו בגדיו וזה כמו הנוגע בכל אשר יהיה תחתיו:
1WITHOUT HAVING RINSED HIS HANDS IN WATER. It would have appeared to us20 that any food or anything similar, that the one having an issue touched by hand,21 means touched by hand. and the hands were washed, is not unclean, for the afflicted did not touch the place of the issue.22 However, since we saw that our fathers23 explained that the hands are like the body24 means without immersing his body. See Niddah 66b; Kiddushin 25a. we accept their words. According to the plain meaning of our verse if the one experiencing an issue touches someone with hands that have been washed the one touched is unclean but his garments are not unclean. However, if the one suffering the issue did not wash his hands then the garments are unclean.25 there is no difference whether the one having an issue touched a person with hands that have or have not been washed. This law is similar26 to the one regarding he who touches anything which is under the saddle.27