[Avodah] Hand Washing During a Drought

Zev Sero zev at sero.name
Mon Dec 6 08:21:54 PST 2010


On 6/12/2010 11:14 AM, Micha Berger wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 04, 2010 at 09:43:34PM -0500, Zev Sero wrote to Areivim:
>> Halacha?  The halacha requires only a revi'is.  But one who sticks to
>> this bare minimum is mezalzel bemitzvah and puts himself at risk of
>> poverty...
>
> You *define* zilzul mitzvah as using the minimum shiur.

No, *Rashi* defines it that way, and he is brought lehalacha in, e.g.,
Seder Netilas Yodayim 1:1


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