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Washing Netilas Yadayim For Bread in the Bathroom - Mishna Berura Daf Hashavua Siman 161 Seif 1

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Rabbi Daniel Glatstein

A discussion on washing netilas yadayim for bread in the bathroom.

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Okay, good morning friends. We're continuing in Mishnah Berurah. Today we learn siman kuf sameach bet, new siman. Hagba. No, that's not what you're thinking. We're not talking about hagba of a sefer Torah. We're talking about hagba of your hands. Hagba v'shishuf hayadayim netilah. Raising your hands and rubbing your hands when you wash them. One who washes their hands needs to raise them. The heina roshei etzba'osav, the tops of your fingers l'ma'alah. You need to raise the top of your fingers above. What does this mean? The Mechaber continues shelo yeitzu mayim chutz l'perek, so that the water doesn't go outside of the area of your hand become tamei v'yachzuru tamei'im and then render your hands tamei again. So you want to keep your hands high so that the water drips down and doesn't come back. But if you don't raise them, then you the water is in danger of becoming tamei and then coming back and being metamei your hands. Says the Mishnah Berurah hakdamah. Aktem hakdamah ketzarah. I'm going to give you a short intro. We ask our poskim I'm going to give a short intro the way it's explained in the Tur and the Beis Yosef and other poskim so that these sefarim should should be able to be explained. Who The [snorts] ta'am netilas yadayim mishum deyadayim maskaniyos heim. We said earlier the reason for netilas yadayim is because your hands are busy. V'lachein gozrim aleihen tum'ah. Because your your hands are busy, Hazal decreed that their tummy. In Malaysia you turn and review Islam unless you tie them with a review of water. Now interesting the Could the dish brings an interesting topic, very relevant topic. Could you wash your hands for bread in a bathroom? The Minchas Yitzchak says the Shulchan

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  2. 1:34I'm going to give a short intro the way it's explained in the Tur and the…
  3. 3:37even to do wash your hands in a shower of a room. Provided it's a cold…
  4. 5:13Does not work. That's d o e s n o t. Does not work. Not only…
  5. 7:14Um later. What about washing your hands in the bathroom for the bathroom? Is that the…
  6. 9:21because then not only does the water purify your hands, the water doesn't come tummy. Now,…
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