Ritual Hand-Washing
Five levels of understanding for the mitzvah of Netilat Yadayim, the washing of hands, upon awaking in the morning and before eating bread.
| Switch to Video |
For more information click here to visit Rabbi Raskin's website.
Rabbi Aaron L. Raskin is the official Chabad emissary to downtown Brooklyn, rabbi of Congregation B’nai Avraham in Brooklyn Heights, New York and Dean of Brooklyn Heights Jewish Academy. He is the author of the books, “Thank You God for Making Me a Woman", "Letters of Light", "By Divine Design", and "Guardian of Israel", and the co-author of "The Rabbi & The CEO".
© Copyright, all rights reserved. If you enjoyed this article, we encourage you to distribute it further, provided that you comply with Chabad.org's copyright policy.
More in this section
-
21:12Cooking on a Holiday
-
27:01Remember the Sabbath Day
-
24:42Watchmen
-
27:13Gold, Silver, Copper
-
21:51Washing Before Prayer
- View All »
Why didn’t you include the brucha that needs to be recited in your explanation? I need to understand that. What about if you wake up a 3am to use the bathroom. Do you say the brucha? Is it the same prayer for both bread washing and in the morning? Do you use it every time you go to the bathroom? Do you use it after handling dogs? Would’ve helped to include concrete information.
Good question…
You do not make a bracha when you wash your hands in the morning for the first time. Only after fully dressed and ready to pray do u wash a second time and say the bracha, al netilat yadayim.