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==Procedure for washing one's hands== | ==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 | # One should wash up to one's wrists. If there's not enough water, it is sufficient to wash up to one's major knuckles (where the finger connects to the hand). <ref> Mishna Brurah 4:9 writes that one should wash up to one's wrists and if there's not enough water, it is sufficient to wash up to one's knuckles. Ben Ish Chai (Parashat Toldot #2) writes that one must wash until one's wrists except for on [[Yom Kippur]] and [[Tisha BeAv]] when it is sufficient to wash up to one's knuckles. </ref> | ||
# One should wash one's right hand first, then one's left, and repeat this process two more times so that one washes each hand 3 times. Some say one should wash each hand 4 times. <ref>Mishna Brurah 4:9</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> | # 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 | |||
# 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> | ==When should one wash one's hands?== | ||
# 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, however, if after having gone to the bathroom one will still not be ready for davening and will have to go to the bathroom another time before davening (as is common when one wakes up a long time before davening), according to Ashkenazim, one should wash without a bracha upon waking up, wash a second time without a bracha after having gone to the bathroom the first time, and then wash a third time with a bracha of Al [[Netilat Yadayim]] after having gone to the bathroom a second time. Some say that one doesn't need to wash before going to the bathroom and that after having gone to the bathroom one should wash without a cup and without the bracha, and then when one is ready for davening one should wash again using a cup and make the bracha. <ref> | # According to Ashkenazim, however, if after having gone to the bathroom one will still not be ready for davening and will have to go to the bathroom another time before davening (as is common when one wakes up a long time before davening), according to Ashkenazim, one should wash without a bracha upon waking up, wash a second time without a bracha after having gone to the bathroom the first time, and then wash a third time with a bracha of Al [[Netilat Yadayim]] after having gone to the bathroom a second time. Some say that one doesn't need to wash before going to the bathroom and that after having gone to the bathroom one should wash without a cup and without the bracha, and then when one is ready for davening one should wash again using a cup and make the bracha. <ref> | ||
* The Mishna Brurah 4:4 quotes the Magan Avraham as saying that one should wash with the bracha and then go to the bathroom but it's preferable upon waking up to wash without a bracha and after going to the bathroom wash with the bracha. | * The Mishna Brurah 4:4 quotes the Magan Avraham as saying that one should wash with the bracha and then go to the bathroom but it's preferable upon waking up to wash without a bracha and after going to the bathroom wash with the bracha. | ||
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==Who is Obligated== | ==Who is Obligated== | ||
# 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> | # Women are equally obligated to wash netilat yadayim. <ref> Pri Megadim (M"Z 4:7), Mishna Brurah 4:10, 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. | ||
