Hi,
We have been discussing the laws of washing one's hands before eating bread.
For numerous laws of purification, such as washing before entering the beit hamikdash, one must wash using a kli - a durable receptacle made of certain materials (metal, stone and pottery, for example) that can hold a minimum of a reviit-volume (a little less than four ounces). Therefore, the sages used the same standard for hand-washing for bread.
Two important ramifications:
1. The materials requirement means that use of a disposable plastic receptacle is questionable, because that may not qualify as a kli. The same question may be asked even regarding a durable plastic receptacle. (For specifics on this, please ask your rabbi.)
2. The reviit-holding-receptacle requirement means that one who is washing for bread may not simply open and close a faucet. (There is room to discuss a faucet which has a long vertical segment directly above the faucet, such that there might be a reviit of water held in that segment before one opens the tap.)
(Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 159:1; Mishneh Berurah 159:1)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
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