Netilat Yadayim for Wet Food
If food (like an apple) is wet, does it require ritual washing of hands? Join Rabbi Dovid Fink as he explores when netilat yadayim, ritual washing, is needed for wet food.
Netilat Yadayim for Wet Food: Netilat Yadayim for Wet Food
We wash our hands in a ritual manner before eating bread. The Shulchan Aruch calls for similar washing of the hands before eating any food that is wet (like a pickle).
In this miniseries, we will survey the reasons for this ritual washing and the opinions of the principal poskim regarding its obligatory status.
Is this ritual washing really required? Is it only a minhag that can be set aside? Is it a commendable strict practice above and beyond the requirements of halacha?
A source sheet is available through the links in both WORD format and pdf. In class we will translate and explain the sources.
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.