The back of the hand

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The back of the hand

The back of the hand

The upper part beyond the palm of the hand.

("Rabbi Akiva said: There are three things I love in the middle: When they cut meat, they only cut on the backs of the table; when they kiss, they only kiss on the back of the hand; and when they advise, they only advise in the field" - Berakhot 8b, and also: "Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth - ...Who would give me, and let King Solomon kiss me with the kisses of his mouth as of old, for there are places where they kiss on the back of the hand and on the shoulder, yet I long and yearn for him to behave with me as in the former custom, as a bridegroom to a bride, mouth to mouth" - Rashi on Song of Songs 1:2)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

גַּב הַיָּד

Definition (Hebrew)

הַחֵלֶק הָעֶלְיוֹן שֶׁמֵּעֵבֶר לְכַף הַיָּד.

("אָמַר רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא: בִּשְׁלֹשָׁה דְּבָרִים אוֹהֵב אֲנִי אֶת הַמָּדִיִּם: כְּשֶׁחוֹתְכִין אֶת הַבָּשָׂר- אֵין חוֹתְכִין אֶלָּא עַל גַּבֵּי הַשֻּׁלְחָן, כְּשֶׁנּוֹשְׁקִין- אֵין נוֹשְׁקִין אֶלָּא עַל גַּב הַיָּד, וּכְשֶׁיּוֹעֲצִין- אֵין יוֹעֲצִין אֶלָּא בַּשָּׂדֶה"- בְּרָכוֹת ח ע"ב, וְכֵן:"יַשְׁקֵנִי מִנְּשִׁיקוֹת פִּיהוּ - ...מִי יִתֵּן וְיַשְׁקֵנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה מִנְּשִׁיקוֹת פִּיהוּ כְּמוֹ מֵאָז, לְפִי שֶׁיֵּשׁ מְקוֹמוֹת שֶׁנּוֹשְׁקִין עַל גַּב הַיָּד וְעַל הַכָּתֵף, אַךְ אֲנִי מִתְאַוֶּה וְשׁוֹקֶקֶת לִהְיוֹתוֹ נוֹהֵג עִמִּי כַּמִּנְהָג הָרִאשׁוֹן כְּחָתָן אֶל כַּלָּה פֶּה אֶל פֶּה"- רָשִׁ"י שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים א ב)

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