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#Women are equally obligated as men to wash [[Netilat Yadayim]]. <ref>Pri Megadim (M"Z 4:7), Mishna Brurah 4:10, Kaf Hachayim 4:20, Yalkut Yosef 4:15, and Halacha Brurah 4:21. Kaf HaChaim points out that in fact, women may have a greater obligation because they have more control over the purity of their houses since they prepare the food and feed the children. </ref> | # Women are equally obligated as men to wash [[Netilat Yadayim]]. <ref>Pri Megadim (M"Z 4:7), Mishna Brurah 4:10, Kaf Hachayim 4:20, Yalkut Yosef 4:15, and Halacha Brurah 4:21. Kaf HaChaim points out that in fact, women may have a greater obligation because they have more control over the purity of their houses since they prepare the food and feed the children. </ref> | ||
#There is a difference of opinions at what age children should be taught to wash their hands in the morning. Some say that children should be taught when 5 or 6 years old, while others say that once the child is able to eat on | # There is a difference of opinions at what age children should be taught to wash their hands in the morning. Some say that children should be taught when 5 or 6 years old, while others say that once the child is able to eat on his own, he should be taught to wash [[Netilat Yadayim]]. <ref> | ||
* Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach in Halichot Shlomo 20:25 say that the obligation for children to wash begins at the age of [[chinuch]] as for other mitzvot which is approximately 5 or 6. Shulchan Aruch Harav (Mehudra Tinyana 4:2) holds that the reason that there's no obligation upon children that didn't reach chinuch is because the primary nefesh is only complete when a person becomes Bar Mitzvah and as such there's no ruach raah when they sleep. Eshel Avraham OC 4:3 agrees. | * Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach in Halichot Shlomo 20:25 say that the obligation for children to wash begins at the age of [[chinuch]] as for other mitzvot which is approximately 5 or 6. Shu"t Tzitz Eliezer 7:2:5 agrees me'ikar hadin, although he also encourages washing their hands at an even younger age. Shulchan Aruch Harav (Mehudra Tinyana 4:2) holds that the reason that there's no obligation upon children that didn't reach chinuch is because the primary nefesh is only complete when a person becomes Bar Mitzvah and as such there's no ruach raah when they sleep. Eshel Avraham OC 4:3 agrees. | ||
*Mishna Brurah 4:10 (based on Pri Megadim 7) says the obligation begins at the time when the child begins to eat on their own. Ben Ish Hai, Toledot 10 agrees. | *Mishna Brurah 4:10 (based on Pri Megadim 7) says the obligation begins at the time when the child begins to eat on their own. Ben Ish Hai, Toledot 10 agrees. | ||
*Rav Yaakov Kamenetsky in Emet LeYacov 4:10 says that it begins when a child is old enough to say [[amen]] to a bracha or recite a pasuk in Torah. | *Rav Yaakov Kamenetsky in Emet LeYacov 4:10 says that it begins when a child is old enough to say [[amen]] to a bracha or recite a pasuk in Torah. | ||
