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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== | ||
# For the text of the bracha, see the [[Text of Brachot#Netilat Yadayim]] page. | |||
===When to Recite the Bracha=== | |||
# The minhag is to make the bracha of Al Netilat Yadiyim between washing and drying one’s hands. <Ref> S”A 158:11 writes that the bracha of [[Netilat Yadayim]] is like most other [[brachot]] and have to be made prior to completing the mitzvah. Therefore concludes S”A the practice is to rub one’s hands to clean them (so one can make the bracha), then make the bracha prior to washing. However, Mishna Brurah 158:41 writes that the minhag of the world is to make the bracha after washing but before drying like the Rama writes is permissible. </ref> | |||
# Some Sephardim follow the Shulchan Aruch, who says that as long as one's hands are clean one should make the bracha BEFORE washing one's hands. <Ref> As quoted in the previous source, S”A 158:11 writes that the bracha of [[Netilat Yadayim]] is like most other [[brachot]] and have to be made prior to completing the mitzvah, therefore one should rub one’s hands to clean them (in order to be able to make the bracha), then make the bracha prior to washing. See the [[Talk:Netilat_Yadayim_upon_Waking_Up|Discussion page]] for a listing of where this is the minhag. </ref> | |||
# If one forgot to make the bracha of Al [[Netilat Yadayim]] before drying one’s hands, according to Ashekazim one is still permitted to make a bracha of [[Netilat Yadayim]] until one makes [[Hamotzi]]. Sephardim hold that once one’s hands are totally dry one may not make the bracha. <Ref> Rama 158:11 writes that if one forgot to make a bracha before drying one’s hand one can make the bracha after drying. Mishna Brurah 158:44 supports the Rama by saying that [[Netilat Yadayim]] is different than other [[brachot]] and may be made after the mitzvah is completed. Mishna Brurah writes that even though the Taz forbids making the bracha after having dryed one's hands, since most Achronim hold like the Rama one may act according to the Rama, one should however be careful to avoid such a situation. Sephardim should note that Ben Ish Chai (Shemini Halacha 7) and Chacham Ovadia Yosef in Halichot Olam (v. 1, p. 317) rule, once you have dried your hands you can no longer make the bracha. </ref> | |||
# 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> | # 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> | ||
===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 Brurah 161:3 </ref> | # 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> | ||
