If one washed one hand, dried it on the head or wall, and then touched the water that had dripped there, is the hand impure?
Synopsis
After washing one hand, if the washed hand touches the impure first-waters that had dripped onto the head or a wall, those waters return and defile the hand again. Pouring a revi'it at once is again exempt from this concern.
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