• June 25, 2026
  • 10 5786, Tammuz
  • פרשת בלק

Interruptions After Washing

Interruptions After Washing

How quickly must you say the bracha on eating bread after washing your hands through netilat yadayim? Join Rabbi Dovid Fink as he explores what kinds of interruptions are permitted.

June 8, 2026 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Interruptions After Washing: Interruptions After Washing
Class description

Interrupting between ritual washing of the hands and ha-motsi (הפסק) is prohibited.

Surveying the opinions of the posekim regarding what is and what is not considered an interruption clarifies many issues throughout the length and breadth of Torah.

Our first issue issue will illustrate how the simplest phrases in the Gemara have been understood in radically different ways.

A source sheet is available through the links in both WORD format and pdf. In class we will translate and explain these sources.

 

June 15, 2026 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Interruptions After Washing: Interruptions After Washing
Class description
June 22, 2026 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Interruptions After Washing: Interruptions After Washing
Class description

In addition to being one of Rabbi Brovender's first students, Rabbi Dovid Fink is an outstanding expertᅠand teacher of Halacha. Rabbi Fink received his Rabbinic ordination from ITRI and the Mir and was awarded his Ph.D in Semitic Languages and Linguistics from Yale University. Rav Fink has taught thousands of students from all over the world for over 35 years.