## Tosafot on Berakhot Daf 53b

###### Tosafot on Berakhot 53b:23:1
[Tosafot on Berakhot 53b:23:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Tosafot%20on%20Berakhot/r/53b:23:1)

באכילה מרובה - ד' מילין כך פירש"י ולי נראה דזה מועט יותר מאכילה מועטת אלא נראה לפרש איפכא אכילה מרובה כל זמן שהוא צמא דאין שם קצבה אבל מועט ד' מילין:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**A SIZABLE MEAL.** Resh Lokish mentioned two different periods of time that are needed for digestion of food, which is the time until one can still recite birchas hamozon. The Gemara distinguishes between a large meal and a small meal: For a large meal, the time required for digestion is the time it takes to walk **four mil.**¹ **This is Rashi’s explanation.**And for a small meal the amount of time for digestion according to Resh Lokish, is as long as one is still thirsty.**
And it appears to me that four mil is just a bit more than the time one remains thirsty.**It is unlikely that the Sages would establish for digestion two periods that are so close to each other. **Rather, it appears that one should explain the Gemara the opposite way: for a large meal the time required for digestion is as long as he is still thirsty and there is no fixed amount of time. But for a small meal,**the time it takes to walk **four mil**is needed for digestion.

footnotes:
¹ Four mil is approximately four thousand feet. According to most commonly accepted calculations, it is seventy two minutes.


###### Tosafot on Berakhot 53b:32:1
[Tosafot on Berakhot 53b:32:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Tosafot%20on%20Berakhot/r/53b:32:1)

והייתם קדושים אלו מים אחרונים - דוקא להם שהיו רגילין ליטול ידיהם אחר הסעודה מפני מלח סדומית אבל אנו שאין מלח סדומית מצוי בינינו ואין אנו רגילין ליטול אחר הסעודה אין הנטילה מעכבת עלינו לברך ומיהו אנשים מעונגים הרגילין ליטול ידיהן אחר הסעודה ודאי להם מעכבת הנטילה לברך ברכת המזון וצריכים ליטול את ידיהם קודם בהמ"ז:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**AND YOU SHALL BE HOLY, THESE ARE THE FINAL WATERS.** It seems from Tosfos that it was not the common custom to wash one’s hand at the end of the meal. From the Gemara it is quite clear that it is required and as long as one does not wash his hands he may not recite birchas hamozon. Tosfos wishes to reconcile the custom of his time with the Gemara.**It is exclusively for the times of the Gemara that they regularly washed their hands after the meal because of the possibility that some of the salt may have come from S’dom**and it would be harmful if one would not wash his hands after the meal. **However, we who do not have S’dom salt available in our hands and we**therefore **we do not regularly wash**our hands **after the meal, the**lack of **washing does not prevent us from reciting birchas hamozon.
However, fastidious people who regularly wash their hands after the meal, for them, not washing one’s hands definitely prevents them from reciting birchas hamozon and they must wash their hands before birchas hamozon.**


###### Tosafot on Berakhot 53b:33:1
[Tosafot on Berakhot 53b:33:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Tosafot%20on%20Berakhot/r/53b:33:1)

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