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1. The washing of one’s hands after a bread meal before Birkat Hamazon is called Mayim Achronim. The Gemara finds support for this law from the pasuk “VeHayiteem Keoshim” and says it prevents Sedomite salt from getting into one’s eyes and blinding | 1. The washing of one’s hands after a bread meal before Birkat Hamazon is called Mayim Achronim. The Gemara finds support for this law from the pasuk “VeHayiteem Keoshim” and says it prevents Sedomite salt from getting into one’s eyes and blinding oneself. <ref>Brachot 53b, Chulin 105a-b</ref> | ||
2. Many Rishonim hold it applies in our times either because there is a concern of Sedomite salt even in our times, there’s an obligation of Kedusha, or it’s to have clean hands for Birkat HaMazon, (yet the obligation to wash applies even if one has clean hands without a mitzvah). | 2. Many Rishonim hold it applies in our times either because there is a concern of Sedomite salt even in our times, there’s an obligation of Kedusha, or it’s to have clean hands for Birkat HaMazon, (yet the obligation to wash applies even if one has clean hands without a mitzvah). | ||
3. On the other hand, some Rishonim say there is no obligation in our times because there’s no concern of Sedomite salt. So is the Minhag Ashkenazim, while Sephardim hold it’s an obligation. | 3. On the other hand, some Rishonim say there is no obligation in our times because there’s no concern of Sedomite salt. So is the Minhag Ashkenazim, while Sephardim hold it’s an obligation. | ||
