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Shabbat

2013-04-30T03:56:08Z

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<h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#FFE4E1;font-size:120%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #FF69B4;text-align:left;color:#000000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Mitzvot of the Day</h2>
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* [[Blessing for new moon]] ([[Birkat HaLevana]]/[[Kiddush Levana]])
* [[Enjoying Shabbat]] ([[Kavod and Oneg Shabbat|Oneg Shabbat]])
* [[Fourth meal of Shabbat]] ([[Melaveh Malka]])
* [[Havdalah]] ([[Sanctifying the conclusion of Shabbat]])
* [[Having a meal on Friday]] ([[Having a meal on Erev Shabbat]])
* [[Kiddush]] ([[Sanctifying Shabbat]])
* [[Lighting Shabbat candles]]
* [[Making early Shabbat]] ([[Tosefet Shabbat]])
* [[Making one hundred Brachot on Shabbat]]
* [[Preparing foods on Shabbat]]
* [[Preparing for Shabbat]] ([[Erev Shabbat]])
* [[Reading the weekly Torah portion]] ([[Shenayim Mikra VeEchad Targum|Shenayim Mikrah]])
* [[Respecting Shabbat]] ([[Kavod and Oneg Shabbat|Kavod Shabbat]])
* [[Shabbat prayers]] ([[Shabbos Davening]])
* [[The meals of Shabbat]] ([[Seudat Shabbat]])
* [[Third meal of Shabbat]] ([[Seudat Shelishit]])
* [[Two loaves of bread]] ([[Lechem Mishneh]])
* [[When does Shabbat end?]] ([[Motzei Shabbat]])
* [[When does Shabbat start?]]

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<h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#FFEAD5;font-size:120%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #FF8C1C;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Practical Laws of Shabbat</h2>
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'''See also [[Index of Laws of Shabbat by the 39 Melachot]]'''
* [[Animals on Shabbat]]
* [[Asking a non-Jew to work on Shabbat]] ([[Amirah LeNochri]])
* [[Asking a Jew to work on Shabbat (and related issues) IN PROGRESS]]
* [[Books, notebooks, and papers]]
* [[Brushing Teeth on Shabbat]]
* [[Building a structure on Shabbat]] ([[Boneh]])
* [[Carrying on Shabbat]]
* [[Cleaning the dishes]]
* [[Cleaning and Folding Garments on Shabbat]]
* [[Clearing the table]]
* [[Ofeh and Bishul|Cooking]] ([[Ofeh and Bishul]])
* [[Cosmetics on Shabbat]]
* [[Dancing and clapping on Shabbat]]
* [[Electricity on Shabbat]]
* [[Games on Shabbat]]
* [[Getting dressed on Shabbat]]
* [[Giving birth on Shabbat]]
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<h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#FFEAD5;font-size:120%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #FF8C1C;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Practical Laws of Shabbat</h2>
* [[Grinding]] ([[Tochen]])
* [[Handling objects on Shabbat]] ([[Muktzeh]])
* [[Infants on Shabbat]]
* [[Kneading]] ([[Lash]])
* [[Mail on Shabbat]]
* [[Medicine on Shabbat]] ([[Refuah on Shabbat]])
* [[Opening bottles and containers]] ([[Boneh]])
* [[Plants on Shabbat]] ([[Zoreah]])
* [[Preparing for after Shabbat]] ([[Hachana]])
* [[Reading on Shabbat]] ([[Daber Davar]])
* [[Separating mixtures]] ([[Borer]])
* [[Squeezing fruits]] ([[Sechita]])
* [[Speaking on Shabbat]] ([[Daber Davar]])
* [[Taking a cruise over Shabbat]]
* [[Taking measurements on Shabbat]]
* [[Transactions on Shabbat]]
* [[Transportation on Shabbat]]
* [[Wages on Shabbat]] ([[Sachar Shabbat]])
* [[Washing one’s body on Shabbat]]
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Asking a Jew to Work on Shabbat

2013-04-29T21:39:39Z

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Just as Jews are oligated to not violate the Shabbat themselves, they are similarly required to prevent other Jews from transgressing the Shabbat laws when possible. One may not encourage Shabbat transgression, even by non-observant Jews who are going to violate the Shabbat anyway. Asking a non-observant Jew to do something forbidden is much more severe than asking a non-Jew. In addition to causing real sin to occur, the instigater himself violates "lifnei iver lo titen michshal" for beng the cause of someone else's demise.
===Asking a non-observant Jew to do work on Shabbat===
* It is forbidden to ask a Jew to do forbiden work.

Shabbat

2013-04-29T19:04:29Z

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<h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#FFE4E1;font-size:120%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #FF69B4;text-align:left;color:#000000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Mitzvot of the Day</h2>
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* [[Blessing for new moon]] ([[Birkat HaLevana]]/[[Kiddush Levana]])
* [[Enjoying Shabbat]] ([[Kavod and Oneg Shabbat|Oneg Shabbat]])
* [[Fourth meal of Shabbat]] ([[Melaveh Malka]])
* [[Havdalah]] ([[Sanctifying the conclusion of Shabbat]])
* [[Having a meal on Friday]] ([[Having a meal on Erev Shabbat]])
* [[Kiddush]] ([[Sanctifying Shabbat]])
* [[Lighting Shabbat candles]]
* [[Making early Shabbat]] ([[Tosefet Shabbat]])
* [[Making one hundred Brachot on Shabbat]]
* [[Preparing foods on Shabbat]]
* [[Preparing for Shabbat]] ([[Erev Shabbat]])
* [[Reading the weekly Torah portion]] ([[Shenayim Mikra VeEchad Targum|Shenayim Mikrah]])
* [[Respecting Shabbat]] ([[Kavod and Oneg Shabbat|Kavod Shabbat]])
* [[Shabbat prayers]] ([[Shabbos Davening]])
* [[The meals of Shabbat]] ([[Seudat Shabbat]])
* [[Third meal of Shabbat]] ([[Seudat Shelishit]])
* [[Two loaves of bread]] ([[Lechem Mishneh]])
* [[When does Shabbat end?]] ([[Motzei Shabbat]])
* [[When does Shabbat start?]]

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<h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#FFEAD5;font-size:120%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #FF8C1C;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Practical Laws of Shabbat</h2>
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'''See also [[Index of Laws of Shabbat by the 39 Melachot]]'''
* [[Animals on Shabbat]]
* [[Asking a non-Jew to work on Shabbat]] ([[Amirah LeNochri]])
* [[Asking a Jew to work on Shabbat (and related issues) IN PROGRESS]]
* [[Asking (and responding to) a non-observant Jew regarding work on Shabbat]]
* [[Books, notebooks, and papers]]
* [[Brushing Teeth on Shabbat]]
* [[Building a structure on Shabbat]] ([[Boneh]])
* [[Carrying on Shabbat]]
* [[Cleaning the dishes]]
* [[Cleaning and Folding Garments on Shabbat]]
* [[Clearing the table]]
* [[Ofeh and Bishul|Cooking]] ([[Ofeh and Bishul]])
* [[Cosmetics on Shabbat]]
* [[Dancing and clapping on Shabbat]]
* [[Electricity on Shabbat]]
* [[Games on Shabbat]]
* [[Getting dressed on Shabbat]]
* [[Giving birth on Shabbat]]
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<h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#FFEAD5;font-size:120%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #FF8C1C;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Practical Laws of Shabbat</h2>
* [[Grinding]] ([[Tochen]])
* [[Handling objects on Shabbat]] ([[Muktzeh]])
* [[Infants on Shabbat]]
* [[Kneading]] ([[Lash]])
* [[Mail on Shabbat]]
* [[Medicine on Shabbat]] ([[Refuah on Shabbat]])
* [[Opening bottles and containers]] ([[Boneh]])
* [[Plants on Shabbat]] ([[Zoreah]])
* [[Preparing for after Shabbat]] ([[Hachana]])
* [[Reading on Shabbat]] ([[Daber Davar]])
* [[Separating mixtures]] ([[Borer]])
* [[Squeezing fruits]] ([[Sechita]])
* [[Speaking on Shabbat]] ([[Daber Davar]])
* [[Taking a cruise over Shabbat]]
* [[Taking measurements on Shabbat]]
* [[Transactions on Shabbat]]
* [[Transportation on Shabbat]]
* [[Wages on Shabbat]] ([[Sachar Shabbat]])
* [[Washing one’s body on Shabbat]]
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Shabbat

2013-04-29T19:01:42Z

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Shabbat

2013-04-29T16:56:06Z

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<h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#FFE4E1;font-size:120%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #FF69B4;text-align:left;color:#000000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Mitzvot of the Day</h2>
[[Image:Shabbatcandles.jpg| 100px | link=Shabbat_Candles| right]]
* [[Blessing for new moon]] ([[Birkat HaLevana]]/[[Kiddush Levana]])
* [[Enjoying Shabbat]] ([[Kavod and Oneg Shabbat|Oneg Shabbat]])
* [[Fourth meal of Shabbat]] ([[Melaveh Malka]])
* [[Havdalah]] ([[Sanctifying the conclusion of Shabbat]])
* [[Having a meal on Friday]] ([[Having a meal on Erev Shabbat]])
* [[Kiddush]] ([[Sanctifying Shabbat]])
* [[Lighting Shabbat candles]]
* [[Making early Shabbat]] ([[Tosefet Shabbat]])
* [[Making one hundred Brachot on Shabbat]]
* [[Preparing foods on Shabbat]]
* [[Preparing for Shabbat]] ([[Erev Shabbat]])
* [[Reading the weekly Torah portion]] ([[Shenayim Mikra VeEchad Targum|Shenayim Mikrah]])
* [[Respecting Shabbat]] ([[Kavod and Oneg Shabbat|Kavod Shabbat]])
* [[Shabbat prayers]] ([[Shabbos Davening]])
* [[The meals of Shabbat]] ([[Seudat Shabbat]])
* [[Third meal of Shabbat]] ([[Seudat Shelishit]])
* [[Two loaves of bread]] ([[Lechem Mishneh]])
* [[When does Shabbat end?]] ([[Motzei Shabbat]])
* [[When does Shabbat start?]]

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<h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#FFEAD5;font-size:120%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #FF8C1C;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Practical Laws of Shabbat</h2>
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'''See also [[Index of Laws of Shabbat by the 39 Melachot]]'''
* [[Animals on Shabbat]]
* [[Asking a non-Jew to work on Shabbat]] ([[Amirah LeNochri]])
* [[Asking (and responding to) a Non-observant Jew regarding work on Shabbat NOT FINISHED!!!!]]
* [[Books, notebooks, and papers]]
* [[Brushing Teeth on Shabbat]]
* [[Building a structure on Shabbat]] ([[Boneh]])
* [[Carrying on Shabbat]]
* [[Cleaning the dishes]]
* [[Cleaning and Folding Garments on Shabbat]]
* [[Clearing the table]]
* [[Ofeh and Bishul|Cooking]] ([[Ofeh and Bishul]])
* [[Cosmetics on Shabbat]]
* [[Dancing and clapping on Shabbat]]
* [[Electricity on Shabbat]]
* [[Games on Shabbat]]
* [[Getting dressed on Shabbat]]
* [[Giving birth on Shabbat]]
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<h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#FFEAD5;font-size:120%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #FF8C1C;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Practical Laws of Shabbat</h2>
* [[Grinding]] ([[Tochen]])
* [[Handling objects on Shabbat]] ([[Muktzeh]])
* [[Infants on Shabbat]]
* [[Kneading]] ([[Lash]])
* [[Mail on Shabbat]]
* [[Medicine on Shabbat]] ([[Refuah on Shabbat]])
* [[Opening bottles and containers]] ([[Boneh]])
* [[Plants on Shabbat]] ([[Zoreah]])
* [[Preparing for after Shabbat]] ([[Hachana]])
* [[Reading on Shabbat]] ([[Daber Davar]])
* [[Separating mixtures]] ([[Borer]])
* [[Squeezing fruits]] ([[Sechita]])
* [[Speaking on Shabbat]] ([[Daber Davar]])
* [[Taking a cruise over Shabbat]]
* [[Taking measurements on Shabbat]]
* [[Transactions on Shabbat]]
* [[Transportation on Shabbat]]
* [[Wages on Shabbat]] ([[Sachar Shabbat]])
* [[Washing one’s body on Shabbat]]
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Asking (and responding to) a Non-observant Jew regarding work on Shabbat

2013-04-29T16:54:45Z

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Just as observant Jews try to not violate the Shabbat, they equally have a responsobility to prevent other Jews from violating the Shabbat when it is in their control. Asking a Jew to do work is a more serious transgression than asking a non-Jew, as it causes someone who is obligated to keep the Shabbat to violate it and causes the requester to violate "Lifnei Iver lo Titen Michshal" - the issur forbidding a Jew to cause someone else, even a non observant Jew, to violate a law he is obligated in. <Ref> 39 Melachos (Rabbi Ribiat; vol 1, pg 91, footnote 354) </ref>
===Asking a non-observant Jew to do forbidden work===
# It is absolutely forbidden to ask a Jew to do work for you.
# One should make sure neighbors one may sometimes ask favors from on Shabbat are in fact not Jewish and not merely not religious.
===Giving directions to a non-observant Jewish driver===
This issue becomes extremely complex because while one does not want to encourage driving on Shabbat, one also does not one to be rude and cause the driver to drive more unnecessarily looking for his destination.
# In such a situation, it advised to respond "It is Shabbat and one may not drive on Shabbat. However, so as to minimize your Shabbat tansgression, the shortest route is as follows..."

Shabbat

2013-04-29T16:17:45Z

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<h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#FFE4E1;font-size:120%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #FF69B4;text-align:left;color:#000000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Mitzvot of the Day</h2>
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* [[Blessing for new moon]] ([[Birkat HaLevana]]/[[Kiddush Levana]])
* [[Enjoying Shabbat]] ([[Kavod and Oneg Shabbat|Oneg Shabbat]])
* [[Fourth meal of Shabbat]] ([[Melaveh Malka]])
* [[Havdalah]] ([[Sanctifying the conclusion of Shabbat]])
* [[Having a meal on Friday]] ([[Having a meal on Erev Shabbat]])
* [[Kiddush]] ([[Sanctifying Shabbat]])
* [[Lighting Shabbat candles]]
* [[Making early Shabbat]] ([[Tosefet Shabbat]])
* [[Making one hundred Brachot on Shabbat]]
* [[Preparing foods on Shabbat]]
* [[Preparing for Shabbat]] ([[Erev Shabbat]])
* [[Reading the weekly Torah portion]] ([[Shenayim Mikra VeEchad Targum|Shenayim Mikrah]])
* [[Respecting Shabbat]] ([[Kavod and Oneg Shabbat|Kavod Shabbat]])
* [[Shabbat prayers]] ([[Shabbos Davening]])
* [[The meals of Shabbat]] ([[Seudat Shabbat]])
* [[Third meal of Shabbat]] ([[Seudat Shelishit]])
* [[Two loaves of bread]] ([[Lechem Mishneh]])
* [[When does Shabbat end?]] ([[Motzei Shabbat]])
* [[When does Shabbat start?]]

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<h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#FFEAD5;font-size:120%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #FF8C1C;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Practical Laws of Shabbat</h2>
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'''See also [[Index of Laws of Shabbat by the 39 Melachot]]'''
* [[Animals on Shabbat]]
* [[Asking a non-Jew to work on Shabbat]] ([[Amirah LeNochri]])
* [[Asking (and responding to) a Non-observant Jew regarding work on Shabbat]]
* [[Books, notebooks, and papers]]
* [[Brushing Teeth on Shabbat]]
* [[Building a structure on Shabbat]] ([[Boneh]])
* [[Carrying on Shabbat]]
* [[Cleaning the dishes]]
* [[Cleaning and Folding Garments on Shabbat]]
* [[Clearing the table]]
* [[Ofeh and Bishul|Cooking]] ([[Ofeh and Bishul]])
* [[Cosmetics on Shabbat]]
* [[Dancing and clapping on Shabbat]]
* [[Electricity on Shabbat]]
* [[Games on Shabbat]]
* [[Getting dressed on Shabbat]]
* [[Giving birth on Shabbat]]
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<h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#FFEAD5;font-size:120%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #FF8C1C;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Practical Laws of Shabbat</h2>
* [[Grinding]] ([[Tochen]])
* [[Handling objects on Shabbat]] ([[Muktzeh]])
* [[Infants on Shabbat]]
* [[Kneading]] ([[Lash]])
* [[Mail on Shabbat]]
* [[Medicine on Shabbat]] ([[Refuah on Shabbat]])
* [[Opening bottles and containers]] ([[Boneh]])
* [[Plants on Shabbat]] ([[Zoreah]])
* [[Preparing for after Shabbat]] ([[Hachana]])
* [[Reading on Shabbat]] ([[Daber Davar]])
* [[Separating mixtures]] ([[Borer]])
* [[Squeezing fruits]] ([[Sechita]])
* [[Speaking on Shabbat]] ([[Daber Davar]])
* [[Taking a cruise over Shabbat]]
* [[Taking measurements on Shabbat]]
* [[Transactions on Shabbat]]
* [[Transportation on Shabbat]]
* [[Wages on Shabbat]] ([[Sachar Shabbat]])
* [[Washing one’s body on Shabbat]]
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Netilat Yadayim for a Meal

2013-03-18T16:54:19Z

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==The Beracha for Washing Before eating Bread==
# The Beracha is "Baruch Ata Hashem Elokeinu Melech HaOlam Asher Kidshanu B'Mitzvotav V'Tzivanu Al Netilat Yadayim"
==Obligation==
# Even one whose hands aren't necessarily dirty or tamei, has to wash his hands before a meal. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Dinei Netilat Yadayim, Birkat Hamazon, Brachot, Mincha and Arvit page 13 Siman 158:2. </ref>
# Women are also obligated in netilat yadayim. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Dinei Netilat Yadayim, Birkat Hamazon, Brachot, Mincha and Arvit page 13, Siman 158:3, Ben Ish Chai Parashat Shemini:2, Kaf Hachayim 158:74 </ref>
# One should try to train his children to wash netilat yadayim for a meal. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Dinei Netilat Yadayim, Birkat Hamazon, Brachot, Mincha and Arvit page 13-14 based on the Yerushalmi in Megilla 2:5 that chinuch of children applies to rabbinic laws. </ref>
==Minimum amount of bread to obligate Netilat Yadayim==
# If one is going to eat more than a [[KeBaytzah]] of bread, one must wash Netilat Yadayim with a Bracha. <ref>S"A 158:2 writes that some say if one eats less than a [[KeBaytzah]] of bread one should wash without a bracha. Mishna Brurah 158:9 writes that if one eats the size of a [[KeBaytzah]] without the shell it is certainly sufficient to make the bracha of Netilat Yadayim. </ref>
# If one is going to eat less than a [[KeBaytzah]] but more than a [[Kezayit]] of bread, one should wash without a bracha, however, some Ashkenazim hold that one may wash with a bracha. <ref> S"A 158:2 writes that some say if one eats less than a [[KeBaytzah]] of bread one should wash without a bracha. Mishna Brurah 158:9 explains that some say one only makes the bracha upon a [[KeBaytzah]] because Tumah only applies to food the size of a [[KeBaytzah]], whereas others say that one makes the bracha upon a [[Kezayit]] because that is considered a significant eating in regards to Birkat HaMazon, so too it should be considered sufficient to obligate Netilat Yadayim with a Bracha. These two sides are brought by the Beit Yosef 158 in the name of the Rokeach. Mishna Brurah concludes that if one ate less than a [[KeBaytzah]] but more than a [[Kezayit]] one should wash Netilat Yadayim without a bracha. Yalkut Yosef 158:4 agrees. However, Vezot HaBracha chap 2, pg 13 based on Igrot Moshe 4:44 and Rav Elyashiv argues that one may say the bracha of Netilat Yadayim as long as one is going to eat a Kezayit, though he adds that it is preferable to eat a [[KeBaytzah]] in order to satisfy all opinions. Ritva Sukkah 25a "ukishehayviu" says that a [[Kezayit]] does require netilat yadayim with a beracha. </ref>
# If one is going to eat less than a [[Kezayit]] of bread, some say that doesn't have to wash Netilat Yadayim, while others say that one should wash without a Bracha. It is proper to be strict to wash without a bracha.<ref>S"A 158:3 writes that some say that one doesn't have to was Netilat Yadayim if one is going to eat less than a Kezayit. This is the opinion 158 in the name of the Rokeach. Mishna Brurah 158:10 quotes the Taz who agrees with Shulchan Aruch in opposition to the Magen Avraham who says that one should wash without a Bracha. Mishna Brurah concludes that one should be strict for the opinion of the Magen Avraham. The Lechem Chamudot Perek Kol Basar: 72 agrees with this Magen Avraham</ref>
==Which waters are fit for Netilat Yadayim?==
# Waters that changed it’s color are unfit for Netilat Yadayim. The same law applies whether the color changed because something fell in, or because of the container. <Ref> S”A 160:1 writes that the law of waters that changed it’s color is the same whether the color changed on it’s own, because of something falling in, or because of the container. Mishna Brurah 160:2 writes that the Achronim point out that the S”A merely copied the language of the Tur, however, we hold like the Rambam and so it’s permitted. </ref>
# If dye changed the color of water even if it didn’t dissolve the water is unfit. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 160:2 </ref>
# If dirt fell into water it’s not considered water that changed colors. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 160:3 </ref>
# If water that changed it’s color changed back to it’s normal state it’s considered fit. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 160:5 </ref>
# If one does Tevilat Yadayim in a mikvah, the waters are fit even if the waters changed colors unless dye, red wine, or fruit juice fell in and dissolved. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 160:4 </ref>
==Going to the bathroom before a meal==
# If one goes to the bathroom and then wants to have a bread meal, according to Ashkenazim, one should wash as one leaves the bathroom however this washing should be done without a kli (straight from sink), (preferably, also rub touch one’s shoe or rub one’s scalp), say [[Asher Yatzer]], and then wash again with a Bracha of Netilat Yadayim. (Ashkenazim have what to rely on to follow the next method of washing). However, according to Sephardim, one should wash once, make the Bracha of [[Asher Yatzer]], and then make the Netilat Yadayim and Hamotzei. <Ref> S”A 165:1 writes that for someone who’s leaving a bathroom and wants to have a bread meal should either wash twice, washing once, making [[Asher Yatzer]], and then washing with a Bracha or to wash once, make a Bracha [[Asher Yatzer]], and then Al Netilat Yadayim. Mishna Brurah 165:2-3 writes that it’s preferable to do the first practice in S”A, but adds that one should make sure that the first washing isn’t a complete washing, otherwise, there’s no need for the second washing.
*Halichot Shlomo 26:26 writes that Rav Shlomo Zalman’s minhag was to wash without a kli.
*Rav Moshe Shternbuch writes In Teshuvot Vihanhagot 1:168 that the best thing to do is to wash properly and say Al Netilas Yadayim, then after drying your hands say Asher Yatzer before hamotzei. Rav Shternbuch adds that his Rebbi, Rav Moshe Schneider witnessed the Chofetz Chaim wash his hands only once and say Al Netilat Yadayim and then say Asher Yatzer after drying his hands, not in accordance with what is written in the Mishna Berura and adds that the Chazon Ish did it this way as well.
*Kesot HaShulchan 33:14 suggests another way to make the first washing not considered effective for eating bread and that’s to wash one hand, touch it with the other, wash the other hand and touch it with the other again.
*Magan Avraham writes that if one doesn’t usually touch one’s shoe or rub one’s scalp before washing it’s improper since it’s a way of causing oneself to make an unnecessary Bracha, the Ben Ish Chai (Shemini 9) and Kaf HaChaim 165:4 hold that it’s justified and so writes the Piskei Teshuvot 165:1. </ref>
# If one goes to the bathroom during a meal, one should wash his hands without a Bracha. <Ref> S”A 164:2 writes that if during a meal, one accidentally touched an area on the body that’s usually covered or rubbed his scalp one needs to make a new Bracha. The Maharshal argues on S”A and holds that no new Bracha is needed. The Taz, Pri Megadim, Derech Chaim, Magan Giborim agree with the Maharshal, while Mamer Mordechai, Mateh Yehuda, Bigdei Yesha, Bet Meir, (Nahar Shalom, Chemed Moshe 170) agree with S”A. Even though the Mishna Brurah 164:13 makes a compromise and writes that after going to the bathroom, touching a area of the body that’s dirty, or making a long interruption by walking, one needs to wash with a Bracha, since many achronim argue (S”A HaRav 164:2, Ben Ish Chai Kodshim 21, Kaf HaChaim 164:16, Kitzur S”A 40:16) one shouldn’t make the Bracha. Piskei Teshuvot 164:5 writes that the minhag of the world is not to make a new Bracha. </ref>
==If one forgot to wash or say Al Netilat Yadayim==
# If one forgot to wash and one already said HaMotzei and ate a little bit of bread, one should wash Netilat Yadayim with a bracha and then continue to eat without another bracha of HaMotzei.<ref>Rivevot Efraim 1:129, Igrot Moshe 2:53</ref>
==The Laws of Chatzitzah==
#One's hands must be clean so that the Netilat Yadayim water reaches all parts of the hand.<Ref> S”A 161:1 The Mishna Berura explains that this halachah is modeled after the laws of chatzitza by Tevilat HaGUf - when one has a Torah obligation to dip in a mikvah. There, the halacha is that if one has something covering most of his body while dipping he does not fulfill his Torah obligation to Tovel. The Rabbanan decreed that any amount of dividing substance disquaalifies the Tevilah. Even though the institution to wash one's hands before a meaal is only Rabbinic, the Rabbi's instituted the washing with similar laws to the Torah washing - tevilat haguf.</ref>
# A basic guidline for Chatzitza is that if it is something one normally cares is on his hands and would remove then he is obligated to remove it before washing. If not, one may leave it on,
#Common exapmles of Chatzitza include bandaids, jewelery,and dirt. Dirt under one's fingernails also constitute a chatzitza and should be cleaned or removed before washing. <Ref> ibid. </ref>

==Sources==
<references/>

Netilat Yadayim for a Meal

2012-12-17T17:45:51Z

Ddrory:

==The Beracha for Washing Before eating Bread==
# The Beracha is "Baruch Ata Hashem Elokeinu Melech HaOlam Asher Kidshanu B'Mitzvotav V'Tzivanu Al Netilat Yadayim"
==Obligation==
# Even one whose hands aren't necessarily dirty or tamei, has to wash his hands before a meal. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Dinei Netilat Yadayim, Birkat Hamazon, Brachot, Mincha and Arvit page 13 Siman 158:2. </ref>
# Women are also obligated in netilat yadayim. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Dinei Netilat Yadayim, Birkat Hamazon, Brachot, Mincha and Arvit page 13, Siman 158:3, Ben Ish Chai Parashat Shemini:2, Kaf Hachayim 158:74 </ref>
# One should try to train his children to wash netilat yadayim for a meal. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Dinei Netilat Yadayim, Birkat Hamazon, Brachot, Mincha and Arvit page 13-14 based on the Yerushalmi in Megilla 2:5 that chinuch of children applies to rabbinic laws. </ref>
==Minimum amount of bread to obligate Netilat Yadayim==
# If one is going to eat more than a Kebaytzah of bread, one must wash Netilat Yadayim with a Bracha. <ref>S"A 158:2 writes that some say if one eats less than a Kebaytzah of bread one should wash without a bracha. Mishna Brurah 158:9 writes that if one eats the size of a Kebaytzah without the shell it is certainly sufficient to make the bracha of Netilat Yadayim. </ref>
# If one is going to eat less than a Kebaytzah but more than a Kezayit of bread, one should wash without a bracha, however, some Ashkenazim hold that one may wash with a bracha. <ref> S"A 158:2 writes that some say if one eats less than a Kebaytzah of bread one should wash without a bracha. Mishna Brurah 158:9 explains that some say one only makes the bracha upon a Kebaytzah because Tumah only applies to food the size of a Kebaytzah, whereas others say that one makes the bracha upon a Kezayit because that is considered a significant eating in regards to Birkat HaMazon, so too it should be considered sufficient to obligate Netilat Yadayim with a Bracha. These two sides are brought by the Beit Yosef 158 in the name of the Rokeach. Mishna Brurah concludes that if one ate less than a Kebaytzah but more than a Kezayit one should wash Netilat Yadayim without a bracha. Yalkut Yosef 158:4 agrees. However, Vezot HaBracha chap 2, pg 13 based on Igrot Moshe 4:44 and Rav Elyashiv argues that one may say the bracha of Netilat Yadayim as long as one is going to eat a Kezayit, though he adds that it is preferable to eat a Kebaytzah in order to satisfy all opinions. Ritva Sukkah 25a "ukishehayviu" says that a kezayit does require netilat yadayim with a beracha. </ref>
# If one is going to eat less than a Kezayit of bread, some say that doesn't have to wash Netilat Yadayim, while others say that one should wash without a Bracha. It is proper to be strict to wash without a bracha.<ref>S"A 158:3 writes that some say that one doesn't have to was Netilat Yadayim if one is going to eat less than a Kezayit. This is the opinion 158 in the name of the Rokeach. Mishna Brurah 158:10 quotes the Taz who agrees with Shulchan Aruch in opposition to the Magen Avraham who says that one should wash without a Bracha. Mishna Brurah concludes that one should be strict for the opinion of the Magen Avraham. The Lechem Chamudot Perek Kol Basar: 72 agrees with this Magen Avraham</ref>
==Which waters are fit for Netilat Yadayim?==
# Waters that changed it’s color are unfit for Netilat Yadayim. The same law applies whether the color changed because something fell in, or because of the container. <Ref> S”A 160:1 writes that the law of waters that changed it’s color is the same whether the color changed on it’s own, because of something falling in, or because of the container. Mishna Brurah 160:2 writes that the Achronim point out that the S”A merely copied the language of the Tur, however, we hold like the Rambam and so it’s permitted. </ref>
# If dye changed the color of water even if it didn’t dissolve the water is unfit. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 160:2 </ref>
# If dirt fell into water it’s not considered water that changed colors. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 160:3 </ref>
# If water that changed it’s color changed back to it’s normal state it’s considered fit. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 160:5 </ref>
# If one does Tevilat Yadayim in a mikvah, the waters are fit even if the waters changed colors unless dye, red wine, or fruit juice fell in and dissolved. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 160:4 </ref>
==Going to the bathroom before a meal==
# If one goes to the bathroom and then wants to have a bread meal, according to Ashkenazim, one should wash as one leaves the bathroom however this washing should be done without a kli (straight from sink), (preferably, also rub touch one’s shoe or rub one’s scalp), say [[Asher Yatzer]], and then wash again with a Bracha of Netilat Yadayim. (Ashkenazim have what to rely on to follow the next method of washing). However, according to Sephardim, one should wash once, make the Bracha of [[Asher Yatzer]], and then make the Netilat Yadayim and Hamotzei. <Ref> S”A 165:1 writes that for someone who’s leaving a bathroom and wants to have a bread meal should either wash twice, washing once, making [[Asher Yatzer]], and then washing with a Bracha or to wash once, make a Bracha [[Asher Yatzer]], and then Al Netilat Yadayim. Mishna Brurah 165:2-3 writes that it’s preferable to do the first practice in S”A, but adds that one should make sure that the first washing isn’t a complete washing, otherwise, there’s no need for the second washing.
*Halichot Shlomo 26:26 writes that Rav Shlomo Zalman’s minhag was to wash without a kli.
*Rav Moshe Shternbuch writes In Teshuvot Vihanhagot 1:168 that the best thing to do is to wash properly and say Al Netilas Yadayim, then after drying your hands say Asher Yatzer before hamotzei. Rav Shternbuch adds that his Rebbi, Rav Moshe Schneider witnessed the Chofetz Chaim wash his hands only once and say Al Netilat Yadayim and then say Asher Yatzer after drying his hands, not in accordance with what is written in the Mishna Berura and adds that the Chazon Ish did it this way as well.
*Kesot HaShulchan 33:14 suggests another way to make the first washing not considered effective for eating bread and that’s to wash one hand, touch it with the other, wash the other hand and touch it with the other again.
*Magan Avraham writes that if one doesn’t usually touch one’s shoe or rub one’s scalp before washing it’s improper since it’s a way of causing oneself to make an unnecessary Bracha, the Ben Ish Chai (Shemini 9) and Kaf HaChaim 165:4 hold that it’s justified and so writes the Piskei Teshuvot 165:1. </ref>
# If one goes to the bathroom during a meal, one should wash his hands without a Bracha. <Ref> S”A 164:2 writes that if during a meal, one accidentally touched an area on the body that’s usually covered or rubbed his scalp one needs to make a new Bracha. The Maharshal argues on S”A and holds that no new Bracha is needed. The Taz, Pri Megadim, Derech Chaim, Magan Giborim agree with the Maharshal, while Mamer Mordechai, Mateh Yehuda, Bigdei Yesha, Bet Meir, (Nahar Shalom, Chemed Moshe 170) agree with S”A. Even though the Mishna Brurah 164:13 makes a compromise and writes that after going to the bathroom, touching a area of the body that’s dirty, or making a long interruption by walking, one needs to wash with a Bracha, since many achronim argue (S”A HaRav 164:2, Ben Ish Chai Kodshim 21, Kaf HaChaim 164:16, Kitzur S”A 40:16) one shouldn’t make the Bracha. Piskei Teshuvot 164:5 writes that the minhag of the world is not to make a new Bracha. </ref>
==If one forgot to wash or say Al Netilat Yadayim==
# If one forgot to wash and one already said HaMotzei and ate a little bit of bread, one should wash Netilat Yadayim with a bracha and then continue to eat without another bracha of HaMotzei.<ref>Rivevot Efraim 1:129, Igrot Moshe 2:53</ref>
==The Laws of Chatzitzah==
#One's hands must be clean so that the Netilat Yadayim water reaches all parts of the hand.<Ref> S”A 161:1 </ref>

==References==
<references/>

Netilat Yadayim for a Meal

2012-12-17T17:42:30Z

Ddrory:

==The Beracha for Washing Before eating Bread==
# The Beracha is "Baruch Ata Hashem Elokeinu Melech HaOlam Asher Kidshanu B'Mitzvotav V'Tzivanu Al Netilat Yadayim"
==Obligation==
# Even one whose hands aren't necessarily dirty or tamei, has to wash his hands before a meal. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Dinei Netilat Yadayim, Birkat Hamazon, Brachot, Mincha and Arvit page 13 Siman 158:2. </ref>
# Women are also obligated in netilat yadayim. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Dinei Netilat Yadayim, Birkat Hamazon, Brachot, Mincha and Arvit page 13, Siman 158:3, Ben Ish Chai Parashat Shemini:2, Kaf Hachayim 158:74 </ref>
# One should try to train his children to wash netilat yadayim for a meal. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Dinei Netilat Yadayim, Birkat Hamazon, Brachot, Mincha and Arvit page 13-14 based on the Yerushalmi in Megilla 2:5 that chinuch of children applies to rabbinic laws. </ref>
==Minimum amount of bread to obligate Netilat Yadayim==
# If one is going to eat more than a Kebaytzah of bread, one must wash Netilat Yadayim with a Bracha. <ref>S"A 158:2 writes that some say if one eats less than a Kebaytzah of bread one should wash without a bracha. Mishna Brurah 158:9 writes that if one eats the size of a Kebaytzah without the shell it is certainly sufficient to make the bracha of Netilat Yadayim. </ref>
# If one is going to eat less than a Kebaytzah but more than a Kezayit of bread, one should wash without a bracha, however, some Ashkenazim hold that one may wash with a bracha. <ref> S"A 158:2 writes that some say if one eats less than a Kebaytzah of bread one should wash without a bracha. Mishna Brurah 158:9 explains that some say one only makes the bracha upon a Kebaytzah because Tumah only applies to food the size of a Kebaytzah, whereas others say that one makes the bracha upon a Kezayit because that is considered a significant eating in regards to Birkat HaMazon, so too it should be considered sufficient to obligate Netilat Yadayim with a Bracha. These two sides are brought by the Beit Yosef 158 in the name of the Rokeach. Mishna Brurah concludes that if one ate less than a Kebaytzah but more than a Kezayit one should wash Netilat Yadayim without a bracha. Yalkut Yosef 158:4 agrees. However, Vezot HaBracha chap 2, pg 13 based on Igrot Moshe 4:44 and Rav Elyashiv argues that one may say the bracha of Netilat Yadayim as long as one is going to eat a Kezayit, though he adds that it is preferable to eat a Kebaytzah in order to satisfy all opinions. Ritva Sukkah 25a "ukishehayviu" says that a kezayit does require netilat yadayim with a beracha. </ref>
# If one is going to eat less than a Kezayit of bread, some say that doesn't have to wash Netilat Yadayim, while others say that one should wash without a Bracha. It is proper to be strict to wash without a bracha.<ref>S"A 158:3 writes that some say that one doesn't have to was Netilat Yadayim if one is going to eat less than a Kezayit. This is the opinion 158 in the name of the Rokeach. Mishna Brurah 158:10 quotes the Taz who agrees with Shulchan Aruch in opposition to the Magen Avraham who says that one should wash without a Bracha. Mishna Brurah concludes that one should be strict for the opinion of the Magen Avraham. The Lechem Chamudot Perek Kol Basar: 72 agrees with this Magen Avraham</ref>
==Which waters are fit for Netilat Yadayim?==
# Waters that changed it’s color are unfit for Netilat Yadayim. The same law applies whether the color changed because something fell in, or because of the container. <Ref> S”A 160:1 writes that the law of waters that changed it’s color is the same whether the color changed on it’s own, because of something falling in, or because of the container. Mishna Brurah 160:2 writes that the Achronim point out that the S”A merely copied the language of the Tur, however, we hold like the Rambam and so it’s permitted. </ref>
# If dye changed the color of water even if it didn’t dissolve the water is unfit. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 160:2 </ref>
# If dirt fell into water it’s not considered water that changed colors. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 160:3 </ref>
# If water that changed it’s color changed back to it’s normal state it’s considered fit. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 160:5 </ref>
# If one does Tevilat Yadayim in a mikvah, the waters are fit even if the waters changed colors unless dye, red wine, or fruit juice fell in and dissolved. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 160:4 </ref>
==Going to the bathroom before a meal==
# If one goes to the bathroom and then wants to have a bread meal, according to Ashkenazim, one should wash as one leaves the bathroom however this washing should be done without a kli (straight from sink), (preferably, also rub touch one’s shoe or rub one’s scalp), say [[Asher Yatzer]], and then wash again with a Bracha of Netilat Yadayim. (Ashkenazim have what to rely on to follow the next method of washing). However, according to Sephardim, one should wash once, make the Bracha of [[Asher Yatzer]], and then make the Netilat Yadayim and Hamotzei. <Ref> S”A 165:1 writes that for someone who’s leaving a bathroom and wants to have a bread meal should either wash twice, washing once, making [[Asher Yatzer]], and then washing with a Bracha or to wash once, make a Bracha [[Asher Yatzer]], and then Al Netilat Yadayim. Mishna Brurah 165:2-3 writes that it’s preferable to do the first practice in S”A, but adds that one should make sure that the first washing isn’t a complete washing, otherwise, there’s no need for the second washing.
*Halichot Shlomo 26:26 writes that Rav Shlomo Zalman’s minhag was to wash without a kli.
*Rav Moshe Shternbuch writes In Teshuvot Vihanhagot 1:168 that the best thing to do is to wash properly and say Al Netilas Yadayim, then after drying your hands say Asher Yatzer before hamotzei. Rav Shternbuch adds that his Rebbi, Rav Moshe Schneider witnessed the Chofetz Chaim wash his hands only once and say Al Netilat Yadayim and then say Asher Yatzer after drying his hands, not in accordance with what is written in the Mishna Berura and adds that the Chazon Ish did it this way as well.
*Kesot HaShulchan 33:14 suggests another way to make the first washing not considered effective for eating bread and that’s to wash one hand, touch it with the other, wash the other hand and touch it with the other again.
*Magan Avraham writes that if one doesn’t usually touch one’s shoe or rub one’s scalp before washing it’s improper since it’s a way of causing oneself to make an unnecessary Bracha, the Ben Ish Chai (Shemini 9) and Kaf HaChaim 165:4 hold that it’s justified and so writes the Piskei Teshuvot 165:1. </ref>
# If one goes to the bathroom during a meal, one should wash his hands without a Bracha. <Ref> S”A 164:2 writes that if during a meal, one accidentally touched an area on the body that’s usually covered or rubbed his scalp one needs to make a new Bracha. The Maharshal argues on S”A and holds that no new Bracha is needed. The Taz, Pri Megadim, Derech Chaim, Magan Giborim agree with the Maharshal, while Mamer Mordechai, Mateh Yehuda, Bigdei Yesha, Bet Meir, (Nahar Shalom, Chemed Moshe 170) agree with S”A. Even though the Mishna Brurah 164:13 makes a compromise and writes that after going to the bathroom, touching a area of the body that’s dirty, or making a long interruption by walking, one needs to wash with a Bracha, since many achronim argue (S”A HaRav 164:2, Ben Ish Chai Kodshim 21, Kaf HaChaim 164:16, Kitzur S”A 40:16) one shouldn’t make the Bracha. Piskei Teshuvot 164:5 writes that the minhag of the world is not to make a new Bracha. </ref>
==If one forgot to wash or say Al Netilat Yadayim==
# If one forgot to wash and one already said HaMotzei and ate a little bit of bread, one should wash Netilat Yadayim with a bracha and then continue to eat without another bracha of HaMotzei.<ref>Rivevot Efraim 1:129, Igrot Moshe 2:53</ref>
==The Laws of Chtzitzah==
#One's hands must be clean so that the Netilat Yadayim water reaches all parts of the hand.<Ref> S”A 161:1 </ref>

==References==
<references/>

Netilat Yadayim for a Meal

2012-12-17T17:37:17Z

Ddrory:

==The Beracha for Washing Before eating Bread==
# The Beracha is "Baruch Ata Hashem Elokeinu Melech HaOlam Asher Kidshanu B'Mitzvotav V'Tzivanu Al Netilat Yadayim"
==Obligation==
# Even one whose hands aren't necessarily dirty or tamei, has to wash his hands before a meal. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Dinei Netilat Yadayim, Birkat Hamazon, Brachot, Mincha and Arvit page 13 Siman 158:2. </ref>
# Women are also obligated in netilat yadayim. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Dinei Netilat Yadayim, Birkat Hamazon, Brachot, Mincha and Arvit page 13, Siman 158:3, Ben Ish Chai Parashat Shemini:2, Kaf Hachayim 158:74 </ref>
# One should try to train his children to wash netilat yadayim for a meal. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Dinei Netilat Yadayim, Birkat Hamazon, Brachot, Mincha and Arvit page 13-14 based on the Yerushalmi in Megilla 2:5 that chinuch of children applies to rabbinic laws. </ref>
==Minimum amount of bread to obligate Netilat Yadayim==
# If one is going to eat more than a Kebaytzah of bread, one must wash Netilat Yadayim with a Bracha. <ref>S"A 158:2 writes that some say if one eats less than a Kebaytzah of bread one should wash without a bracha. Mishna Brurah 158:9 writes that if one eats the size of a Kebaytzah without the shell it is certainly sufficient to make the bracha of Netilat Yadayim. </ref>
# If one is going to eat less than a Kebaytzah but more than a Kezayit of bread, one should wash without a bracha, however, some Ashkenazim hold that one may wash with a bracha. <ref> S"A 158:2 writes that some say if one eats less than a Kebaytzah of bread one should wash without a bracha. Mishna Brurah 158:9 explains that some say one only makes the bracha upon a Kebaytzah because Tumah only applies to food the size of a Kebaytzah, whereas others say that one makes the bracha upon a Kezayit because that is considered a significant eating in regards to Birkat HaMazon, so too it should be considered sufficient to obligate Netilat Yadayim with a Bracha. These two sides are brought by the Beit Yosef 158 in the name of the Rokeach. Mishna Brurah concludes that if one ate less than a Kebaytzah but more than a Kezayit one should wash Netilat Yadayim without a bracha. Yalkut Yosef 158:4 agrees. However, Vezot HaBracha chap 2, pg 13 based on Igrot Moshe 4:44 and Rav Elyashiv argues that one may say the bracha of Netilat Yadayim as long as one is going to eat a Kezayit, though he adds that it is preferable to eat a Kebaytzah in order to satisfy all opinions. Ritva Sukkah 25a "ukishehayviu" says that a kezayit does require netilat yadayim with a beracha. </ref>
# If one is going to eat less than a Kezayit of bread, some say that doesn't have to wash Netilat Yadayim, while others say that one should wash without a Bracha. It is proper to be strict to wash without a bracha.<ref>S"A 158:3 writes that some say that one doesn't have to was Netilat Yadayim if one is going to eat less than a Kezayit. This is the opinion 158 in the name of the Rokeach. Mishna Brurah 158:10 quotes the Taz who agrees with Shulchan Aruch in opposition to the Magen Avraham who says that one should wash without a Bracha. Mishna Brurah concludes that one should be strict for the opinion of the Magen Avraham. The Lechem Chamudot Perek Kol Basar: 72 agrees with this Magen Avraham</ref>
==Which waters are fit for Netilat Yadayim?==
# Waters that changed it’s color are unfit for Netilat Yadayim. The same law applies whether the color changed because something fell in, or because of the container. <Ref> S”A 160:1 writes that the law of waters that changed it’s color is the same whether the color changed on it’s own, because of something falling in, or because of the container. Mishna Brurah 160:2 writes that the Achronim point out that the S”A merely copied the language of the Tur, however, we hold like the Rambam and so it’s permitted. </ref>
# If dye changed the color of water even if it didn’t dissolve the water is unfit. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 160:2 </ref>
# If dirt fell into water it’s not considered water that changed colors. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 160:3 </ref>
# If water that changed it’s color changed back to it’s normal state it’s considered fit. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 160:5 </ref>
# If one does Tevilat Yadayim in a mikvah, the waters are fit even if the waters changed colors unless dye, red wine, or fruit juice fell in and dissolved. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 160:4 </ref>
==Going to the bathroom before a meal==
# If one goes to the bathroom and then wants to have a bread meal, according to Ashkenazim, one should wash as one leaves the bathroom however this washing should be done without a kli (straight from sink), (preferably, also rub touch one’s shoe or rub one’s scalp), say [[Asher Yatzer]], and then wash again with a Bracha of Netilat Yadayim. (Ashkenazim have what to rely on to follow the next method of washing). However, according to Sephardim, one should wash once, make the Bracha of [[Asher Yatzer]], and then make the Netilat Yadayim and Hamotzei. <Ref> S”A 165:1 writes that for someone who’s leaving a bathroom and wants to have a bread meal should either wash twice, washing once, making [[Asher Yatzer]], and then washing with a Bracha or to wash once, make a Bracha [[Asher Yatzer]], and then Al Netilat Yadayim. Mishna Brurah 165:2-3 writes that it’s preferable to do the first practice in S”A, but adds that one should make sure that the first washing isn’t a complete washing, otherwise, there’s no need for the second washing.
*Halichot Shlomo 26:26 writes that Rav Shlomo Zalman’s minhag was to wash without a kli.
*Rav Moshe Shternbuch writes In Teshuvot Vihanhagot 1:168 that the best thing to do is to wash properly and say Al Netilas Yadayim, then after drying your hands say Asher Yatzer before hamotzei. Rav Shternbuch adds that his Rebbi, Rav Moshe Schneider witnessed the Chofetz Chaim wash his hands only once and say Al Netilat Yadayim and then say Asher Yatzer after drying his hands, not in accordance with what is written in the Mishna Berura and adds that the Chazon Ish did it this way as well.
*Kesot HaShulchan 33:14 suggests another way to make the first washing not considered effective for eating bread and that’s to wash one hand, touch it with the other, wash the other hand and touch it with the other again.
*Magan Avraham writes that if one doesn’t usually touch one’s shoe or rub one’s scalp before washing it’s improper since it’s a way of causing oneself to make an unnecessary Bracha, the Ben Ish Chai (Shemini 9) and Kaf HaChaim 165:4 hold that it’s justified and so writes the Piskei Teshuvot 165:1. </ref>
# If one goes to the bathroom during a meal, one should wash his hands without a Bracha. <Ref> S”A 164:2 writes that if during a meal, one accidentally touched an area on the body that’s usually covered or rubbed his scalp one needs to make a new Bracha. The Maharshal argues on S”A and holds that no new Bracha is needed. The Taz, Pri Megadim, Derech Chaim, Magan Giborim agree with the Maharshal, while Mamer Mordechai, Mateh Yehuda, Bigdei Yesha, Bet Meir, (Nahar Shalom, Chemed Moshe 170) agree with S”A. Even though the Mishna Brurah 164:13 makes a compromise and writes that after going to the bathroom, touching a area of the body that’s dirty, or making a long interruption by walking, one needs to wash with a Bracha, since many achronim argue (S”A HaRav 164:2, Ben Ish Chai Kodshim 21, Kaf HaChaim 164:16, Kitzur S”A 40:16) one shouldn’t make the Bracha. Piskei Teshuvot 164:5 writes that the minhag of the world is not to make a new Bracha. </ref>
==If one forgot to wash or say Al Netilat Yadayim==
# If one forgot to wash and one already said HaMotzei and ate a little bit of bread, one should wash Netilat Yadayim with a bracha and then continue to eat without another bracha of HaMotzei.<ref>Rivevot Efraim 1:129, Igrot Moshe 2:53</ref>
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