Netilat Yadayim upon Waking Up: Difference between revisions
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# 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 </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> | ||
# If the water if further than 4 Amot some say that it's better to walk less than 4 amot at a time while others say it's better to go there quickly if it's still in the same house. <ref> Mishna Brurah 1:2 </ref> | |||
# It’s permitted to get dressed prior to washing one’s hands. <Ref> Yalkut Yosef (vol 1 pg 7), Sh”t Yabea Omer 5:1, Sh”t Otzrot Yosef 1:1 </ref> | # It’s permitted to get dressed prior to washing one’s hands. <Ref> Yalkut Yosef (vol 1 pg 7), Sh”t Yabea Omer 5:1, Sh”t Otzrot Yosef 1:1 </ref> | ||
# It’s permitted to go to the bathroom prior to washing one’s hands. <Ref> Halacha Brurah 4:3 </ref> | # It’s permitted to go to the bathroom prior to washing one’s hands. <Ref> Halacha Brurah 4:3 </ref> | ||
