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# A scab which one doesn't care about removing isn't a chatzitza.<ref>Rama 161:2. Halacha Brurah 161:12 adds that some say that even if he cares about removing it but he doesn't remove it because it is painful to remove the scab isn't a chatzitza.</ref> | # A scab which one doesn't care about removing isn't a chatzitza.<ref>Rama 161:2. Halacha Brurah 161:12 adds that some say that even if he cares about removing it but he doesn't remove it because it is painful to remove the scab isn't a chatzitza.</ref> | ||
# A bandage which is sometimes removed is a chatzitza and needs to be removed for netilat yadayim.<ref>Shulchan Aruch OC 161:1, Mishna Brurah 161:5, Halacha Brurah 161:9</ref> | # A bandage which is sometimes removed is a chatzitza and needs to be removed for netilat yadayim.<ref>Shulchan Aruch OC 161:1, Mishna Brurah 161:5, Halacha Brurah 161:9</ref> | ||
# A bandage which is not removed at all times for medical purposes isn't a chatzitza. | # A bandage which is not removed at all times for medical purposes isn't a chatzitza. Even so, one should wash with a reviyit of water at one time so that there is no concern about tameh water going onto the bandage and then rolling off making one's hands tameh again.<ref>Shulchan Aruch OC 162:10</ref> An adhesive on top of the bandage to ensure that the bandage won't come off is considered part of the bandage and isn't a chatzitza.<ref>Halacha Brurah 161:9</ref> | ||
## Some say that if the bandage is on the palm or back of the hand but not on the fingers it can be left there and one should just wash the fingers.<ref>Halacha Brurah 161:9 based on Shulchan Aruch 161:4</ref> | ## Some say that if the bandage is on the palm or back of the hand but not on the fingers it can be left there and one should just wash the fingers.<ref>Halacha Brurah 161:9 based on Shulchan Aruch 161:4</ref> | ||
# If the entire hand is covered with a bandage that can't be removed such as a cast then one should just wash the other hand with a bracha.<ref>Halacha Brurah 161:10, Yechave Daat 2:19, Ben Ish Chai (Shana Rishona, Kedoshim, no. 24), Kaf Hachayim 158:4. Aruch Hashulchan 163:2 says that the bracha should not be recited when only one hand is washed even if it was done so for a valid, permissible reason. </ref> | # If the entire hand is covered with a bandage that can't be removed such as a cast then one should just wash the other hand with a bracha.<ref>Halacha Brurah 161:10, Yechave Daat 2:19, Ben Ish Chai (Shana Rishona, Kedoshim, no. 24), Kaf Hachayim 158:4. Aruch Hashulchan 163:2 says that the bracha should not be recited when only one hand is washed even if it was done so for a valid, permissible reason. </ref> | ||
