Questions tagged [netilat-yadayim-washing]
Ritual hand washing. Required before or after certain actions, e.g before eating bread, after waking up, etc.
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Which authorities do not require a vessel (keli) for washing before praying?
Rav Aryeh Lebovitz in his shiur at around 6'58'' quotes authorities that do not require washing with a vessel (keli) for washing before praying.
(I do not have the sefer he quotes. )
Who are these ...
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Washing feet before coming inside: Avraham vs. Lot
When the angels came to visit Avraham, he asked them (Bereishis 18:4) to "Bathe your feet, and recline under the tree". Rashi explains:
He thought that they were Arabs, who prostrate themselves to ...
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New Al Netilas Yadayim after washing after Defecating During Meal
Should one make a new bracha of al netilas yadayim upon washing his hands after defecating within a meal?
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Why does Rav Saadia Gaon say to make a bracha by Orchatz and Borei Nephashot after Karpas?
In the Siddur of Rav Saadia Gaon on page 136, where he discusses the Pesach Seder, he says that when we do Orchatz we are supposed to make a bracha, and after Karpas to say Borei Nephashot. However, ...
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Washing before Davening - 1 or 3 times?
One must wash before each tefilah (S"A 92:4, 233:2).
Do you need to wash 3 times before davening, or is 1 time sufficient?
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Why doesn't "first waters" in hand washing make the hand tamei?
In Mishnah Yadayim 2:3, we learn that the "first waters" (the first of two splashes of water) poured on the hands while doing ritual hand-washing is tamei (if less than a certain amount), ...
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Washing After Leaving Cemetary
What are the earliest sources (i.e. Chazal or Rishonim) for washing one's hands after visiting a cemetery?
Is this mentioned by the Rambam?
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Why is a utensil required when washing one's hands after bathroom use?
I am under the impression that one is required to wash one's hands with a utensil (typically, the same type of cup used to wash before bread) after using the bathroom.
Firstly, what is the source of ...
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How much water do you need for Netilat Yadayim?
When washing your hands for Netilat Yadayim, how much water do you need?
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Can a Kohain do Birchas Kohanim if he did not wash his hands?
Suppose a Kohain for some reoson forgot to wash his hands or was unable to, can he still do Birchas Kohanim?
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Urchatz - does everyone wash?
I have heard different Minhagim regarding washing at Urchatz. It seems that in some families everyone washes and in others only the Baal HaBayis. Does anyone have sources as to the different Minhagim ...
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Hefsek between netilat yadayim and hamotzi
I have been in situations where most everyone follows the common minhag of washing after kiddush before hamotzi, whereas, unless it is minhag avot for my host, I wash beforehand. '
This has prompted ...
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Washing (with a blessing) before continuing a meal with no more bread
As noted elsewhere on the site, the Shulchan Aruch (OC 164:2) rules that someone who, in the middle of a bread meal, touches his thigh must then wash his hands and say the blessing "al n'tilas yadayim"...
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Answering amen to netilat yadayim after your own brocha
You've washed your hands and made a brocha 'al netilat yadayim' and are now waiting for the baal habayit to say hamotzi. If you then hear someone else washing their hands and making the bracha (a ...
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Source for washing by your bed
What is the source in the Halachic literature outside of the Mishnah Berurah who says it is a requirement to place a washing cup by your bed instead of going to the sink to wash your hands upon ...
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mayim emtzaiyim - washing hands between eating fish and meat
Mishna B'rura 173:4 and Aruch Hashulchan 173:2 say we don't need to wash our hands between eating fish and eating meat. Do any latter-day pos'kim argue with this? Does any group practice this halacha ...
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Does one make Birkas Hatorah/Hashachar before alos hashachar?
As per this question, it seems apparent that one doesn't make the morning blessings until at least alos hashachar.
However, in Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum's book "The Sweetest Hour: Tikkun Chatzot," on ...
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Brachos on the amount of pizza one doesn't wash for?
Assuming one is eating let pizza than required to wash, what are the bracha rishona and the bracha achrona?
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Changed mind about eating after making netilat yadayim:
What should one do if one washes, with the intention to make ha'motzi on bread, makes the bracha al netilat yadayim and is then interrupted and is no longer able to eat, and/or no longer wants to eat. ...
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Should you say al netilat yadaim if you're not sure how much bread you will be eating?
http://www.berachot.org/Q+A/q9.html:
According to Sephardim, if one ate less than a kezayit of bread
there's no obligation to wash, if one ate one kezayit one should wash
without a Bracha of Al ...
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If Animals Drank The Water Post-Netilat Yadayim
Can the tumah water from after netilat yadayim affect animals if they were to drink it?
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Why make/buy a washing cup with only one handle?
The purpose of a washing cup is to purify the hands. There are two handles on most washing cups. This allows us to avoid transmitting impurity from the unwashed hand to the washed hand by way of the ...