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# Common examples of Chatzitza include bandaids, jewelry,and dirt. Dirt under one's fingernails also constitute a chatzitza and should be cleaned or removed before washing. <Ref> Shulchan Aruch 161:1. </ref> | # Common examples of Chatzitza include bandaids, jewelry,and dirt. Dirt under one's fingernails also constitute a chatzitza and should be cleaned or removed before washing. <Ref> Shulchan Aruch 161:1. </ref> | ||
==Bracha== | ==Bracha== | ||
# Although most Birkot HaMitzvot must be recited before the performance of the Mitzvah <Ref> Pesachim 119b</ref>, the common practice - since the era of the Rishonim - has been to recite the bracha for Netillat Yadayim after washing. <Ref>Tosafot Peaschim 7b s.v. Al HaTevillah</ref> However, many early poskim questioned the validity of this minhag. <Ref>See Tur (O.C. 158), Bet Yosef OC 158.</ref> Shulchan Aruch <Ref>O.C. 158:11</ref> rules that one should recite the bracha before washing, but acknowledges that the custom is not so. Rema <Ref>O.C. 158:11</ref> says that the bracha can be recited before drying the hands, which is also part of the Mitzvah. Beiur Halacha <Ref>O.C. 158:11 s.v. Mevarech Kodem</ref> says that it makes sense that the halacha is like the Bet Yosef / Shulchan Aruch, and therefore one should not protest against those who wish to recite the bracha first. Some contemporary poskim recommend that one should therefore recite the bracha before washing. <Ref>Halacha | # Although most Birkot HaMitzvot must be recited before the performance of the Mitzvah <Ref> Pesachim 119b</ref>, the common practice - since the era of the Rishonim - has been to recite the bracha for Netillat Yadayim after washing. <Ref>Tosafot Peaschim 7b s.v. Al HaTevillah</ref> However, many early poskim questioned the validity of this minhag. <Ref>See Tur (O.C. 158), Bet Yosef OC 158.</ref> Shulchan Aruch <Ref>O.C. 158:11</ref> rules that one should recite the bracha before washing, but acknowledges that the custom is not so. Rema <Ref>O.C. 158:11</ref> says that the bracha can be recited before drying the hands, which is also part of the Mitzvah. Beiur Halacha <Ref>O.C. 158:11 s.v. Mevarech Kodem</ref> says that it makes sense that the halacha is like the Bet Yosef / Shulchan Aruch, and therefore one should not protest against those who wish to recite the bracha first. Some contemporary poskim recommend that one should therefore recite the bracha before washing. <Ref>Halacha Brurahh (O.C. 158:11) writes that if one's hands are clean, and others are not watching, he should recite the bracha first. Rabbi Hershel Schachter recites the bracha prior to washing his hands ([http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/799252/Rabbi_Aryeh_Lebowitz/Ten_Minute_Halacha_-_Speaking_Between_Netilas_Yadayim_and_the_Beracha# Ten Minute Halacha - Speaking Between Netilas Yadayim and the Beracha] 6:35, [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzQ0nNsuWg_RLWZ1ZTJfblFtUUk/edit?usp=sharing HalachaDoc LG-A33].</ref> | ||
# For the text of the bracha, see the [[Text of Brachot#Netilat Yadayim]] page. | # For the text of the bracha, see the [[Text of Brachot#Netilat Yadayim]] page. | ||
===Talking before Eating Bread=== | ===Talking before Eating Bread=== | ||
# One is not required to re-wash if he spoke before eating bread, however, he should be careful not to speak any more. One may speak for matters that are necessary for the meal, like asking for the bread or salt. <ref> Mishna Brura 166:1, Halacha | # One is not required to re-wash if he spoke before eating bread, however, he should be careful not to speak any more. One may speak for matters that are necessary for the meal, like asking for the bread or salt. <ref> Mishna Brura 166:1, Halacha Brurah 161:3 </ref> | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
