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Rabbi Glatstein explains the halachic considerations regarding drying hands and retouching them.
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Talk rest. >> Okay, good morning friends. Thanks everyone for joining. We had a very nice hazara last week on Thursday. An epic hazara, 37-minute shear. We're going to try to make kind of a keep it to the regular time, you know. Uh we're continuing in siman kuf sameach bet sif ches. Notal yada achas v'shivshifa b'roshay. Let's say you washed one hand and you rubbed it on his head. on his head. What does that mean? Says the commentary, perush k'dei l'nagva, to dry it. U'figach lei nigmayada. You didn't scratch your head, you just rubbed on your head. You needed to dry your hand. You had one You had two choices. You could have used the towel that's been used since like Melchizedek Bashan that has a collection of, you know, all the germs from prehistoric times until today. Or you could rub it on your head. So you you made the wise decision to rub your you made the wise decision to rub your hand on your head to dry it. You're not scratching, it doesn't become tumi from rubbing your head. U'figach lei nigmayada mashain kein b'siman kuf sameach dalet b'bet sh'chichim b'roshay. O ibakoisel o redo against the wall. V'acharkach chozer v'nogea b'oisen mayim sh'b'o meyada al arosh. And then you touch that water that came from your hand that's on your head. V'ala koisel t'meia. The you're tumi. Presumably the case is you wash mayim rishonim. Mayim rishonim is m'taher hands but the water is tumi.
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- 0:00Talk rest. >> Okay, good morning friends. Thanks everyone for joining. We had a very nice…
- 1:00you made the wise decision to rub your hand on your head to dry it. You're…
- 2:33Says the Mishna Berurah, not al yado if you washed one hand, >> [snorts] >> Let…
- 3:35>> By the way, earlier on in seif katan chaf alef, the Mishna Berurah brought, even…
- 5:05That somehow this would have been a good had you not wiped it on your head…
- 6:36chazar venaga b'mei akinu av nimnu yadaim It's only if you go and you touch this…
- 7:40minor boo-boos, you know? And he's got other chatzitzos on his hand and he washed like…
- 9:11covering your head not trying to cover it. The guy is on this phone by doing…
- 10:12that in public areas or any place sh'aram metzuyim sham there are definitely people sh'lo nizharu…
- 11:42this morning, we're learning who that somebody is. Who's this somebody? His name is Hametz Sayyim…
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