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| # If one forgot to wash and one already said [[HaMotzei]] and ate a little bit of bread, one should wash [[Netilat Yadayim]] with a bracha and then continue to eat without another bracha of [[HaMotzei]].<ref>Rivevot Efraim 1:129, Igrot Moshe 2:53</ref> | | # If one forgot to wash and one already said [[HaMotzei]] and ate a little bit of bread, one should wash [[Netilat Yadayim]] with a bracha and then continue to eat without another bracha of [[HaMotzei]].<ref>Rivevot Efraim 1:129, Igrot Moshe 2:53</ref> |
| ==The Laws of Chatzitzah== | | ==The Laws of Chatzitzah== |
| #One's hands must be clean so that the [[Netilat Yadayim]] water reaches all parts of the hand.<Ref> Shulchan Aruch OC 161:1. The Mishna Brurah 161:1 explains that this halachah is modeled after the laws of chatzitza by Tevilat HaGuf - when one has a Torah obligation to dip in a mikvah. There, the halacha is that if one has something covering most of his body while dipping he does not fulfill his Torah obligation to Tovel. The Rabbanan decreed that any amount of dividing substance disqualifies the Tevilah. Even though the institution to wash one's hands before a meal is only Rabbinic, the Rabbi's instituted the washing with similar laws to the Torah washing - tevilat haguf.</ref>
| | See the [[Chatzitza for Netilat Yadayim]] page. |
| # A basic guideline for Chatzitza is that if it is something one normally cares is on his hands and would remove then he is obligated to remove it before washing. If not, one may leave it on.<Ref> Shulchan Aruch 161:1. </ref>
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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>
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| ## If a woman doesn't remove her ring to knead dough she doesn't have to remove it for netilat yadayim.<ref>Or Letzion 2:11:10 explains that the ring is something that only occupies a small area of the body and she doesn't care about removing it. </ref>
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| # It isn't necessary to dry your hands before washing Netilat Yadayim unless they were wet from Tameh waters, this is, waters that came from less than a Reviyit and from a vessel.<ref> Or Letzion 2:11:9</ref>
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