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talking after washing
The Talmud (Berakhot 42a) states that there are three things done immediately. One of them is:
תכף לנטילת ידים ברכה
Immediately [after] washing one's hand, blessing.
The Tur (OH 166) writes ...
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Washing your feet when you wake up?
The Gemara (Shabbos 50B) says one should wash his face, hands and legs every day in honor of his Creator.
The Mishna Berura (OC 4:2) writes in the name of the Pri Megadim (A"A 4:1) that nowadays ...
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Why do washing cups have two handles?
It's so one hand doesn't touch the other when passing between them.
If an unwashed hand touches a washed hand while wet, the washed hand needs to start over (Shulchan Arukh OC 162:4; there are ...
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Source for using a cloth between the hand and negel vasser cup when washing?
Rabbi Kaganoff discusses the subject in This Is the Way We Wash Our Hands and during that posting gives several reasons that would lead one to use a cloth when holding the cup.
Rabbi Kaganoff ...
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What is the source of rubbing hands together after washing before a meal and is it practiced today?
The earliest recorded source for this practice appears to be Tosefta: Yadayim 1:2:
הנוטל את ידיו צריך לשפשף את ידיו
[After] washing one's hands, one must rub one's hands.1
It's then cited, moree or ...
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Rules about Handles on the Vessel for Netilas Yadayim
It is a practical matter. It is easier to wash without letting the unwashed hand touch the washed hand if the cup has two handles.
Why the two-handled washing cup?
After the first hand is washed, ...
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Why is washing one's hands called "netilas yadayim"?
The reason being that it is done with a vessel called a natla, antal, or antil, cited in the other answer, is stated by numerous early Rishonim, including Raavya (Teshuvot Uveiurei Sugyot 1109) ...
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OCD and Netilat Yadayim
Anyone discussing OCD and halacha needs to find a qualified, competent rabbi in-person, as well as a mental-health professional.
Reviewing the laws of what actually poses a halachic problem for ...
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Using an electric hand dryer after netilas yadayim
The Rivevos Ephraim 2:68:4 writes that it once happened that he went to wash his hands for bread and there was nothing to dry his hands with but there was an electric hand dryer. He wondered if an ...
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Washing After Leaving Cemetary
A Geonic responsum (T'shuvos HaGeonim Shaarei Tzedek chelek 3 shaar 4 siman 20) cited by the Ritz Geius (Hil. Avel), the Ramban (Toras Haadam: Shaar Haavel; inyan hahaschala), the Ran (chiddushim to ...
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Are women obligated to say the morning blessings?
A responsum of the Geonim (Sha'arei Teshuva 345) says they are obligated to say the morning blessings. The Arukh haShulchan rules this way as well (OC 70:1), as does R Pesach Eliyahu Falk (Machaze ...
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Washing for bread at work: how to avoid interruptions
Given that you wash your hands in the kitchen, I have found that bringing a piece of bread in a sandwich bag is a useful method. That way, you can wash, make the bracha, make hamotzi and take a bite ...
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Is there any obligation or mitzvah to wash for bread if you won't touch the bread when eating?
Shulchan Arukh OC 163:2
המאכיל לאחרים אין צריך נטילת ידים והאוכל צריך נטילת ידים אף על פי שאחר נותן לתוך פיו ואינו נוגע במאכל והוא הדין לאוכל במגרפה (פירוש כלי שיש לו שינים, פירי"ק בלע"ז) שצריך ...
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What is the reason for the order of washing hands?
The order is always first filling the natla and passing it from the right hand to the left (so the mida of chessed, which is denoted by the right side, overcomes din, which is denoted by the left side)...
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What is the origin of washing hands in the morning?
The Gemara Shabbos (108b / 109a, I think it depends on your print) says that one should not touch certain areas of your body (with the hands) in the morning when you wake up (like the mouth) unless ...
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Which authorities do not require a vessel (keli) for washing before praying?
See Shulchan Aruch OC 4, 7:
טוב להקפיד בנטילת ידיים שחרית בכל הדברים המעכבים בנטילת ידיים לסעודה.
הגה: מיהו אינו מעכב, לא כלי ( מגן אברהם: פירוש, בדיעבד היכא דאי אפשר בעניין אחר; אבל היכא דאפשר, ...
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At what point should one recite Bracha asher yatzar
The Shulchan Aruch 4,18 says one must wash ones hand after going to the toilet, the Mishna Brura seif 40 explains that even if one merely enters the toilet he must wash his hands because of the רוח ...
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Netilat Yadayim - Ritual hand washing in the morning
The Machatzitz Hashekel Orach Chaim 4,1:3 quotes the Bach from Tolaas Yaakov in the name of the Zohar that one shouldn't walk 4 cubits after waking up in the morning without washing ones hands Netilas ...
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May one say G-d's name before washing netilat yadayim?
Mishnah Berurah 1:8 writes that one may recite the "Modeh Ani" prayer before washing one's hands in the morning because it does not contain any of G-d's Names, nor any kinui (idiomatic ...
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Touching the hands of a Jew who didn't wash netilat yadayim in the morning
In addition to the כף החיים, the שו"ת לב חיים (ח"א סימן ס"ה) and the בו איש חי (תולדות י"ב) also say that if one touches someone's hands that didn't wash his hands, one should wash ...
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Is there any obligation or mitzvah to wash for bread if you won't touch the bread when eating?
This is the method that you use if you cannot find water before making hamotzi. However as specified by the OU you must try to wash first in order to remove the tumah from your hands. Not washing when ...
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Netilas Yadayim with automatic sinks
The Avnei Yashfei 30:5 writes that using a faucet does not count as using a kli since it is connected(to pipes) to the the house and has a din of being attached and cannot be considered a kli(utensil)....
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Touched acovered place while learning-may i continue learning?
I personally asked Rav Herschel Schachter if one is scratching their scalp in the middle of learning if they need to interrupt their learning and go wash their hands.
He answered me that some poskim (...
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taking off a band-aid for washing of hands for bread?
the shulchan aruch says in 162:10
״מי שיש לו מכה בידו ודטיה עליה:
די לו שיטול שאר היד שלא במקום הרטיה
one with a blemish covered by a bandage, it's sufficient enough to wash the rest of the hand ...
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Waking up early to eat before a fast
One who wakes up in the middle of the night (after sleeping at least 30 minutes) and intends to go back to sleep but wants to drink or eat (and had the intention to do so before going to sleep in the ...
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Can you use carbonated water for washing?
With regards to netilas yadayim:
The Aruch Hashulchan 160:17 brings a machlokes if one can use something else besides water. The Raavad and Rosh hold only water can be used and Rashi and the Rashba ...
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Do you need a separate instance of coach gavra for each hand?
It doesn't have to be a separate Koach Gavra. However, the example might not be a good one.
The Mechaber writes in the Shulchan Aruch:
סימן קנט
ט} חבית שיש בה מים מניחה על ברכיו ונוטל ממנה ...
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Negel vasser on a plane
הרב רצון ערוסי paskens that
א. מותר ליטול בבית הכסא רק את הברכה יברך מחוץ לבית הכסא. יהיה בית הכסא אשר יהיה.
ב. בית הכסא (מודרני) של ימינו (אסלה ומי ניקוז וכיסוי לאסלה), מותר לברך מחוצה לו, ואפילו ...
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Why not remove shoes before washing hands for the priestly blessing?
Actually Mishna Berura 128:15 suggests that the shoes should be removed prior to Netilas Yadayim. It says he may remove it after the Netila also.
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