Class 007: Washing of the Hands – Rabbi Krasnianski

Class 7

00:00 Class 007 Washing of the Hands

01:44 The 3 reasons why we wash our hands upon rising

10:40 Why we say “Netilat Yadayim” (lifting of the hands) and not “Rechitzat yadiam (washing of the hands)?

12:12 What do the hands represent?

13:45 What do the fingernails represent?

15:50 Why we pour the water over the hands and how?

17:20 Why we wash our hands 3 separate times in the morning?

18:30 Guiding our emotions with wisdom

23:28 The concept of impurity

32:22 What’s special about Yom Kippur and Ninth of Av?

39:30 Can you wash hands in the bathroom?

40:02 What about “Asher Yatzar”?