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# One should face his fingers downward so that the dirt falls off. <Ref> S”A 181:5 based on Sotah 4b. This is also codified by the Rambam (Brachot 6:16) and Tur. </ref> | # One should face his fingers downward so that the dirt falls off. <Ref> S”A 181:5 based on Sotah 4b. This is also codified by the Rambam (Brachot 6:16) and Tur. </ref> | ||
# Only one washing is required, not two or three times. <Ref> Bet Yosef in name of Mordechai (Brachot 207), Mishna Brurah 181:21. </ref> | # Only one washing is required, not two or three times. <Ref> Bet Yosef in name of Mordechai (Brachot 207), Mishna Brurah 181:21. </ref> | ||
# One may not wash over the ground because “ruach rah” hovers over it, rather one should wash into, in order of preference, a vessel, twigs or stones on the ground that absorb water, tiled flooring, ground not used like under the table and certainly a sink which has a drain. <Ref> S”A 181:2 from chulin 105a and many rishonim that hold like it. The Magan Avraham 181:2 in name of Chinuch that anything stopping the water from pouring on the ground, but the Rambam (brachot 6:16) seems to only allow a vessel. The Gra 181:4 explains S”A that initially we follow Rambam but if there’s no vessel available then we can rely on the Rashba (Torat Bayit 6:2) and Tur (181:2). | # One may not wash over the ground because “ruach rah” hovers over it, rather one should wash into, in order of preference, a vessel, twigs or stones on the ground that absorb water, tiled flooring, ground not used like under the table and certainly a sink which has a drain. <Ref> S”A 181:2 from chulin 105a and many rishonim that hold like it. The Magan Avraham 181:2 in name of Chinuch that anything stopping the water from pouring on the ground, but the Rambam (brachot 6:16) seems to only allow a vessel. The Gra 181:4 explains S”A that initially we follow Rambam but if there’s no vessel available then we can rely on the Rashba (Torat Bayit 6:2) and Tur (181:2). Yabia Omer O”C 5:2 permits a sink by washing in the morning and all the more so for Mayim Achronim. Birur Halacha 181:8 concludes that one can pour it on the ground after one washed into the vessel. </ref> | ||
==Drying one's hands== | ==Drying one's hands== | ||
