Netilat Yadayim upon Waking Up: Difference between revisions

# If one slept less than 30 minutes <ref> Kitzur S”A 2:8, Dinei Nieyor Kol HaLaylah (pg 42) in name of Rav Chaim Kanievsky </ref> or slept in a temporary fashion (putting one’s head on the table, <ref>Ishei Yisrael 2:33 note 110, Piskei Teshuvot </ref>, or on a couch or chair) <ref> Halacha Berura 4:47 </ref> in the morning, one should wash without a Bracha. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 4:27, Ishei Yisrael 2:33, Birkei Yosef 4:5 </ref>  

# If one woke up and has in mind to go back to sleep, one should wash without a Bracha and then when one wakes up the second time one should wash with a Bracha. <Ref> Piskei Teshuvot 1:6 writes that it is preferable to wash when one wakes up the first time, however, it makes sense not to make a Bracha since one is not ready to daven as in Beiur Halacha 4:1 s.v. Afilu. Halichot Shlomo ([[Tefillah]] pg 170) agrees. </ref>

# If one wakes up in the middle of the night and wants to take a drink, one should preferably wash one's hands first, but if this is too difficult he can just wipe his hands on a blanket and then have the drink. <ref> Or Litzion 2:1:8 </ref>

# If one wakes up after [[Chatzot]], and one will still need to go to the bathroom before [[davening]], one should not make the Bracha of Al [[Netilat Yadayim]] until after one went to the bathroom and then it should be said together with [[Brachot HaShachar]], however, if one knows that one does not need to go to the bathroom before [[Davening]], one should make the Bracha of [[Netilat Yadayim]] as close as possible to [[waking up]]. <Ref> Beiur Halacha 4:1 s.v. Afilu as ruling like the Chaye Adam, Ishei Yisrael 2:31, Dinei Nieyor Kol HaLaylah (pg 42), Halichot Olam 2:23, See Piskei Teshuvot 4:2 who writes that one can go like the Chaye Adam or like the Mekubalim </ref>  

# If one washed with a Bracha before [[Olot HaShachar]], one should wash again at Olot without a Bracha. <Ref> S”A 4:14, Mishna Brurah 4:31, Ishei Yisrael 2:31 </ref>

# If one wakes up before [[Chatzot]], one should wash without a Bracha, and then after Olot Hashachar one should dirty one’s hands (by touching a or by going to the bathroom) and then wash with a Bracha. <Ref>Beiur Halacha 4:13 s.v. Kol, Ishei Yisrael 2:32, Dinei Nieyor Kol HaLaylah (pg 41) </ref>

# If one stayed up all night, one should wash in the morning without a bracha. <ref>The Shulchan Aruch (4:13) writes that there is a doubt whether one makes a Bracha on [[Netilat Yadayim]] on the morning after staying up all night. Similarly, the Rama (4:13) comments that one should do [[Netilat Yadayim]] without a Bracha.

* The source of the Shulchan Aruch's doubt is the dispute for doing [[Netilat Yadayim]] in the morning. The Rosh ([[Brachot]] 9:23) says because one's hands are "עסקניות" (literally busy) and they may have touched an unclean part of the body during one's sleep, it's an obligation to do [[Netilat Yadayim]] in the morning. As a support to his view that we wash our hands for cleanliness before [[prayer]] he quotes the pasuk from Tehilim (26:6) "אֶרְחַץ בְּנִקָּיוֹן כַּפָּי ". On the other hand, the Rashba (Teshuvat HaRashba 1:191) argues on the Rosh claiming that there is no source for the idea of the Rosh. Rather the reason is that we are purifying our hands for the whole day (theoretically even to cover washing before bread) and the reason that we do it specifically before [[Shacharit]] is that when we wake up in the morning it's as if we are created anew as it says in Eicha (3:23) חֲדָשִׁים לַבְּקָרִים רַבָּה אֱמוּנָתֶךָ.

* A practical difference (explained by the Bet Yosef 4:13) that emerges from the dispute is a case of a person that didn't go to sleep at night. According to the Rosh, since one didn't go to sleep there is no doubt that a person would have touched an unclean area and so, there's no need for [[Netilat Yadayim]]. On the other hand, the Rashba holds that since we are created new everyday we need [[Netilat Yadayim]] even if one didn't go to sleep that night. Another concern that compounds the doubt of the Shulchan Aruch is the aspect of רוח רעה that is mentioned by the Tur (4:1) and so, even according to the Rosh one should still need to do [[Netilat Yadayim]]. Nonetheless based on a quote from the Zohar (Vayishlach 169b), the Bet Yosef ({{ibid}}) argues that the issue of רוח רעה only applies to the nighttime.

* Rav Ovadiah (Chazon Ovadiah, [[Shavuot]], note 25) mentions that even though the Maharsham (3:126) holds that one even makes a bracha on [[Netilat Yadayim]] of [[Birkat Cohanim]] and going to the bathroom; nevertheless, we don't hold like the Maharsham in this Halacha, says Rav Ovadiah Yosef.

* The Mishna Brurah (4:27) adds that if one indeed went to sleep a שינת קבע (a substantial sleep) on his bed, then one makes [[Netilat Yadayim]] with a Bracha.