The whole hand washing story told in the GT is just one more example of how whoever wrote it knew nothing about Judaism.

Because the story as outlined could NEVER have happened.

Quote:
Matthew 15:1-3 Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to J-sus from Jerusalem and asked, "Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don't wash their hands before they eat!" J-sus replied, "And why do you break the command of G-d for the sake of your tradition?


There is just one problem here the Pharisees never would have said this to J-sus. Why? Because at the time the story supposedly took place there was NO SUCH tradition to wash the hands.

During the Temple periods (the first and second Temples) the priests were required to wash before they ate. The laws are found in (Exodus 30:18-21, Deuteronomy 21:6 and Leviticus 15:11). An entire tractate of the Mishnah (Yadayim) is devoted to impurity of the hands.

J-sus and his followers supposedly lived in the Second Temple period they werent priests so they were not required to wash. It wasnt until the Second Temple was destroyed (70 CE, or 40 years after J-sus death) that the Rabbis decreed that without a Temple the laws for washing should extend to all Jews. (Rambam Yad HaChazake Trumos 11 & 12).

See what I mean? Whoever wrote Matthew didnt know Jewish law. They must have written this after the second Temple had been destroyed and all Jews were required to wash per rabbinic decree. In other words: the story was made up after the fact.


And everything that Sarah tells you, listen to her voice. Genesis, 21:12