Elevating the Hands: without raising a hand
Every mitzvah has endless layers of meaning. As we discover a piece of insight into a mitzvah, we appreciated the smallness of our intellect and are grateful for the taste of the infinite. Such is the case with netilat yadayim—washing of the hands.
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I like the saying about the cutting of fingernails before helping someone, I find myself with dirt under my fingernails on my way over to relive my neighbor's donkey from it's burden.