[Avodah] Where Bread Comes From

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 01:55:38PM -0400, Zev Sero wrote:
: The only washing that requires a pattern is negel vasser, and that
: pattern is required by halacha.  It's right in the gemara, so how can
: you say that it's qabalah?

Earliest mention of three times is SA OC 4:2. Not in any of
his triumverate of codes. And the SA doesn't mention a particular
pattern. That the Shaar haTziyon traces back only to the MA, Chayei Adam
and Derekh Chaim. It's nowhere near as old as the gemara.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha