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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 his own, he should be taught to wash [[Netilat Yadayim]]. <ref> | | # Regarding children, see [[Chinuch#Washing_Hands|Chinuch - Washing Hands]] |
| * 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.
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| *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.
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| *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.
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| *The Kaf Hachayim 4:23 and Ben Ish Chai (Toldot #10) say that even a newborn's hands should be washed by their parents. The Chazon Ish (cited by Daat Noteh p. 141, Dirshu 4:23) is strict as long as the baby is old enough to touch something. See further [http://torah.org/advanced/weekly-halacha/5766/lechlecha.html Rabbi Neustadt at torah.org]</ref>
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