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# After going to the bathroom one must wash his hands (three times switching off) without a bracha. <Ref>S”A 7:1 writes that one does not make a bracha on the washing after going to the bathroom. Mishna Brurah 7:3 confirms it even though many disagree. </ref> | # After going to the bathroom one must wash his hands (three times switching off) without a bracha. <Ref>S”A 7:1 writes that one does not make a bracha on the washing after going to the bathroom. Mishna Brurah 7:3 confirms it even though many disagree. </ref> | ||
# If one’s hands didn’t get dirty at all then there’s no obligation to wash hands in order to say [[Asher Yatzer]] but rather one should still wash for cleanliness. <ref> S"A 7:2 </ref> If one doesn't have water one may still make the bracha of [[Asher Yatzer]]. <ref>Mishna Brurah 7:5 </ref> | # If one’s hands didn’t get dirty at all then there’s no obligation to wash hands in order to say [[Asher Yatzer]] but rather one should still wash for cleanliness. <ref> S"A 7:2 </ref> If one doesn't have water one may still make the bracha of [[Asher Yatzer]]. <ref>Mishna Brurah 7:5 </ref> | ||
# If one placed a hand into the bathroom even if he didn't relieve himself, he should preferably wash both hands, but he is definitely obligated to wash the hand that he did put in the bathroom. <ref> Or Litzion 2:1:13 </ref> | |||
==Appropriate behavior in a bathroom== | ==Appropriate behavior in a bathroom== | ||
# Men shouldn't talk while in the bathroom unless one hasn't begun to relieve oneself and there's a great need, however after one has begun one may not speak at all. However, it's permissible for women to speak to one another in the bathroom. <Ref> Rama 3:1, Mishna Brurah 3:4. See BeYitzchak Yikra (3:4, by Rav Nevinsal) who writes that it's always preferable not to speak in the bathroom even if there's a great need, however for women it's permissible and it's not even preferable to be stringent. </ref> | # Men shouldn't talk while in the bathroom unless one hasn't begun to relieve oneself and there's a great need, however after one has begun one may not speak at all. However, it's permissible for women to speak to one another in the bathroom. <Ref> Rama 3:1, Mishna Brurah 3:4. See BeYitzchak Yikra (3:4, by Rav Nevinsal) who writes that it's always preferable not to speak in the bathroom even if there's a great need, however for women it's permissible and it's not even preferable to be stringent. </ref> | ||
