Talk:Netilat Yadayim upon Waking Up

• This practice of many Sephardim such as those from Colombia to make the Bracha before washing one’s hands, does not follow the opinion of the Rama who says you can make the Bracha after washing but before drying. ~User:Yaabim
• The practice of Rav Hershel Schachter is to recite the bracha before washing. However, the minhag in YU and most places in America is to recite the bracha after washing. --YitzchakSultan (talk) 11:25, 2 April 2015 (EDT)
• Halacha Brurah 158:29 writes that the international minhag it to recite the bracha after washing before drying, but if one wanted to privately follow the Shulchan Aruch one would be permitted to do so.