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== | When one wakes up in the morning there is a mitzvah to wash one's hands 3 times with a cup. The details of when and how it should be done are described below: | ||
==Procedure for washing one's hands== | |||
# One should wash with a cup or some sort of vessel. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 4:7, Mishna Berura 4:15. </ref> If there is no cup, one can use a faucet but shouldn't make a beracha. <ref> Halacha Berura 4:12 </ref> | # One should wash with a cup or some sort of vessel. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 4:7, Mishna Berura 4:15. </ref> If there is no cup, one can use a faucet but shouldn't make a beracha. <ref> Halacha Berura 4:12 </ref> | ||
#One should preferably cover his whole hand until the wrist. <ref> Ben Ish Chai Parashat Toldot halacha 2 </ref> | #One should preferably cover his whole hand until the wrist. <ref> Ben Ish Chai Parashat Toldot halacha 2 </ref> | ||
# Even a lefty should begin to wash his right hand first.<Ref>Kaf HaChaim 4:35, Artzot HaChaim 4:10, Halacha Brurah 4:22</ref> | |||
==When should one wash and make the bracha of [[Netilat Yadayim]]?== | ==When should one wash and make the bracha of [[Netilat Yadayim]]?== | ||
# According to Ashkenazim, upon waking up, if one needs to go to the bathroom then if after going to the bathroom one will be ready for davening, one should upon waking up wash without a bracha and after having gone to the bathroom wash again with the bracha of Al [[Netilat Yadayim]]. <ref> see next footnote </ref> | # According to Ashkenazim, upon waking up, if one needs to go to the bathroom then if after going to the bathroom one will be ready for davening, one should upon waking up wash without a bracha and after having gone to the bathroom wash again with the bracha of Al [[Netilat Yadayim]]. <ref> see next footnote </ref> | ||
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==What is permissible before washing hands?== | ==What is permissible before washing hands?== | ||
# It is permissible to say Modeh Ani before washing hands. <ref> Mishna Brurah 1:8, Shulchan Aruch HaRav 1:6 </ref> | # It is permissible to say [[Modeh Ani]] before washing hands. <ref> Mishna Brurah 1:8, Shulchan Aruch HaRav 1:6 </ref> | ||
# It's not permissible to learn or even think Torah before washing one's hands. <ref> Mishna Brurah 1:8, Shulchan Aruch HaRav 1:6 </ref> | # It's not permissible to learn or even think Torah before washing one's hands. <ref> Mishna Brurah 1:8, Shulchan Aruch HaRav 1:6 </ref> | ||
# One should wash one's hands before walking 4 amot. <ref> Mishna Brurah 1:1. See also Piskei Teshuvot 1:7 who writes that the minhag is that one should wash one's hands even before putting one's feet on the ground. </ref> However some are lenient in this regard. <ref> BeYitzchak Yikrah 1:2 comments that the tradition from the Gra that the Ruach Rah on hands was nullified with the death of Rabbi Avraham the Ger applies only to laws of the Zohar and not the Talmud Bavli and since this law is sourced in the Zohar, there is what to be lenient. </ref> | # One should wash one's hands before walking 4 amot. <ref> Mishna Brurah 1:1. See also Piskei Teshuvot 1:7 who writes that the minhag is that one should wash one's hands even before putting one's feet on the ground. </ref> However some are lenient in this regard. <ref> BeYitzchak Yikrah 1:2 comments that the tradition from the Gra that the Ruach Rah on hands was nullified with the death of Rabbi Avraham the Ger applies only to laws of the Zohar and not the Talmud Bavli and since this law is sourced in the Zohar, there is what to be lenient. </ref> | ||
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==Who is Obligated== | ==Who is Obligated== | ||
# Women are equally obligated to wash netilat yadayim. <ref> Kaf Hachayim 4:20. | # Women are equally obligated to wash netilat yadayim. <ref> Pri Megadim (M"Z 4:7), Kaf Hachayim 4:20, 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 when a child should be taught to wash his hands in the morning. Some say that a child of 5 or 6 should be taught, while others say that once the child is able to eat on his own should taught. <ref> | # There is a difference of opinions when a child should be taught to wash his hands in the morning. Some say that a child of 5 or 6 should be taught, while others say that once the child is able to eat on his own should taught. <ref> | ||
*Shulchan Aruch Harav 4:2, Eishel Avraham OC 4, and Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach in Halichot Shlomo 20:25 say that the obligation for children to wash begins at the age of chinuch for other mitzvot which is approximately 5 or 6. | *Shulchan Aruch Harav 4:2, Eishel Avraham OC 4, and Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach in Halichot Shlomo 20:25 say that the obligation for children to wash begins at the age of chinuch for other mitzvot which is approximately 5 or 6. | ||
