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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> S”A 161:1 </ref> | #One's hands must be clean so that the Netilat Yadayim water reaches all parts of the hand.<Ref> S”A 161:1 The Mishna Berura 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 disquaalifies the Tevilah. Even though the institution to wash one's hands before a meaal is only Rabbinic, the Rabbi's instituted the washing with similar laws to the Torah washing - tevilat haguf.</ref> | ||
# A basic guidline 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, | |||
#Common exapmles of Chatzitza include bandaids, jewelery,and dirt. Dirt under one's fingernails also constitute a chatzitza and should be cleaned or removed before washing. <Ref> ibid. </ref> | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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