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# Even one whose hands aren't necessarily dirty or impure (tamei) has to wash his hands before a meal. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Dinei Netilat Yadayim, Birkat Hamazon, Brachot, Mincha and Arvit page 13 Siman 158:2. </ref> | # Even one whose hands aren't necessarily dirty or impure (tamei) has to wash his hands before a meal. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Dinei Netilat Yadayim, Birkat Hamazon, Brachot, Mincha and Arvit page 13 Siman 158:2. </ref> | ||
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#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> | #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, | # 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> | # 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> | ||
==Text of bracha== | |||
# See the [[Text of Brachot#Netilat Yadayim]] page. | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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