The Requirement To Dry Your Hands Before Eating Bread - Mishna Berura DH Siman 159 Seif 12-13

Baruch Hashem. Okay, good morning, friends. We're continuing in Mishna Berurah Daf Vav. We're learning Siman Kuf Nun Ches. Seif Yud Beis. In Seif Yud Alef, we learned about the correct procedure of washing your hands. Namely, you wash, then you make the Bracha, and then you dry them. Why? Because Nigov is also part of the Mitzvah, and it's still called Oiver L'Asiyasan. Seif Yud Beis. Finagveim Heiteiv Kodem Sheyivtza. Dry them well before you break the bread. She'oichel Bli Nigov, if you eat without wiping your hands, drying your hands, Ke'ilu Oichel Lechem Tamei. It's like you ate defiled bread, impure bread. Says Mishna Berurah Siman Kuf Dalet Mem Hey Lechem Tamei Kasav Avdei Yeshurun Seif Dalet Hinei Mishum Demayim Harishonim Sheshoifech Al Yadov Teme'im Heim. That's because the Mayim Harishonim that you poured it on your hands are Tamei. Sheyitme'u Machmas Yadov. The water became Tamei because of your hands. Ke LeChamon BeSiman Kuf Samech Beis. I, but you poured Mayim Sheniyim, so now you don't have Mayim Teme'im anymore. Ve'Ach Sheshoifech Mayim Sheniyim Letaharah Mayim. And even though you poured secondary water to purify the water, Ke De'Isur Sham, Mekol Makom Lechatchilah Tzorich Leha'avirah Rishonim Legamrei Al Yedei Nigov. Nevertheless, you need to remove completely the first waters by drying them. >> [snorts] >> So, even though technically, the when you pour the Mayim Harishonim, the Mayim Harishonim become Tamei. But then I poured Mayim Sheniyim on the Mayim Harishonim, so I washed away the Mayim Harishonim. Yeah, but not 100% only mostly, >> [snorts] >> and therefore you need to do it completely Al Yedei Nigov. >> [snorts] >> Now, is it enough? Why can't Why do I have to dry them? Why can't I wait? I'll just wait until I'll hold my hands up, and then the air will dry them. The Shulchan Aruch Harav says that's not enough. You need to wipe them with a a rag. Why? Wiping them cleans them Be'eisa. Like the Kaf HaChaim says. However, the Chazon Ish said, "No, air dry is like drying. It's only so that the water doesn't uh touch your hands." >> [snorts] >> What about to dry your hands from the Netilas Yadayim through the thing you press the button, Bobby, you know, the hair dryers? Is that good enough, or does it have to be a cloth? So, Rav Elyashiv says in Ashrei Ha'Ish, Rav Chaim Kanievsky says, it works. It works. Let's see. However, the Sha'arei Teshuvah BeTzel HaChochmah says if you wash your hands with less than a Revi'is, so now your the water on your hands is Tamei, it's not going to work because some of the Tamei water gets absorbed in your hand. What about to use a public towel? You know they have the public towels that go around and round? So, are you Yotzei with that? I think maybe you're Over the Lav Bal Teshaktzu Es Nafshoseichem, you know, and uh and Venishmartem Me'od Lenafshoseichem, and other serious uh crimes. But, are you Yotzei uh Netilas Yadayim Lechayav or not? It's Mitzvah Chovah Ba'avir. I don't think you'd be Yotzei if you use the public towel. Can't imagine you'd be Yotzei. >> [snorts] >> Anyway, because Baruch Hashem, about 100 years ago they invented something called paper towels, and those things that certainly the air dryers are better than the public uh towels. Unless you say that if you use them and you demonstrate such a lack of Seichel, then Stam you're Patur Mikol Mitzvos HaTorah. I don't know. I'm not willing. I'm not sure. Um V'eiter. So, Nigov Hayadayim is a part of the Mitzvah, and if you don't wipe them, then you're Oiver then it's Ke'ilu you're Oichel Lechem Tamei. Comes the Maharshal. Maharshal Kasav De'Ikar Nigov Mishum Neki'us. The Maharshal says the Ikar drying is for cleanliness. Dechash Yadov Lacham, when your hands are wet Meimei Hanetilah Yesh Bo Mishum Me'us. It's disgusting. Vechein Muchach Berashi In Sotah Daf Dalet Kasav Okay. So, the Maharshal says there's another reason. It's not just that the water is Tamei, but if you have wet hands, it's Me'us. Rav Moshe seems to understand the Me'us is Bal Teshaktzu. To eat with wet hands is Bal Teshaktzu. However, what if your hands are wet because you're eating watermelon, or you're you're you're holding your chicken? Is that Me'us? No, that's not Me'us. It's only from the Mayim Hanetilah. Therefore, says Rav Moshe, you're not Mamash an Averiyan if you don't dry your hands. It's not like a guy who brought a phone into a Shul, he's Mamash an Averiyan. It's just it's not right. It's not Halachically correct, but you're not a sinner. We're not going to call you a sinner like like the guy who has his phone in the Shul, even if it's off. No. That's you're not Mamash an Averiyan. Okay. Now, the the Mishna Berurah brings from the Tashbetz. Kasav Maggid Mishneh Tashbetz Lo Yenagev Yadov Bachalukah. You're not allowed to dry your hands on your shirt. Shekasha Leshichchah. If you dry your hands on your shirt, it's it could engender forgetting your learning. Ve'eim BePri Megadim Shemistabeik Im Davka Chalukoi, is it only your shirt or Ikol Begadov Mashma, or is it all of your clothing? What about Stam your hands are wet and you want to dry them on your clothing? Does it um or is it only for Mayim Hanetilah? Rav Chaim Kanievsky says that Rav Reuven Margolios was Mesupak Mesupak about this. Rav Elyashiv said, "No, it's only after Netilas Yadayim." Rav Miller explained that the items that Chazal say are Kasha Leshichchah all have a rationale to it. The rationale is as follows. If you're going to wash your shirt you're going to dry your shirt, you wash your hands that you dry your shirt, then let's say people see you go to Shiur every so you're a Shtikel Talmid Chacham, but then they're going to see you're Mamash a Slob. You're a disgusting Slob where your shirt is wet from your hands. People are going to say, "You're That's what a Talmid Chacham is? This is this a Talmid Chacham? He's disgusting." So, Hashem makes it that you forget your learning so people will realize you're not a Talmid Chacham. You have nothing to worry about. P- In other words, all I remember I once heard somebody ask Rav Miller, "Why if you take off two sleeves at the same time is it Kasha Leshichchah?" So, he said, "Because if you take out two sleeves at the same time, you may miss the inner one, and then people are going to see you have a big bump on your shirt, and they're going to say this guy looks ridiculous. He knows Torah?" So, Hashem says, "Don't worry, no, he doesn't he doesn't remember anything anyway. It's okay." In other words, you don't uh represent yourself as a good ambassador for Torah if you uh do these things that Chazal say are Kasha Leshichchah. You have the option between wiping on a shirt or not or not wiping them or wiping them air dry. Yeah, there's no towels. There's no there's no paper towels there. I have no old towels. Air dry. Air dry would be better. Yeah, air dry. Rav Elyashiv says you can air dry. I mean, Rav Elyashiv is talking about the blower, the hand blower. Yeah, you can't you're not allowed to dry on your on your shirt. On the rest of your clothing, it's a Safek. Yud Gimel. Hamatbil Yadov. What if you are Toivel your hands? You stick your hands in a river, in a lake. Yochal Le'echol Bli Nigov. One who's Toivel his hands could eat without drying them. Vehu Hadin Lenoteil Yadov Bevas Achas. The same thing would apply if you wash your hands at one time. >> [snorts] >> Veshofeich Aleihem Revi'is Mayim Bevas Achas. And you pour a Revi'is at one time. O I She'en Noteil Yadai Achas Veshofeich Aleiha Revi'is Vechein Shofeich Al Chaverta. The only time there's a Sha there's a requirement to dry your hands is if the water on your hand will remain Tamei, and then you're touching the bread. >> [snorts] >> But if your hands will if the water will be completely Tahor, why? Because you were toivel them or you poured revi'is b'vas achas, then it's not an issue. Says the Mishna Berurah, "B'loi nigov." By the way, this doesn't fit in with the Marsha'al. The Marsha'al says that if you eat bread and your yadayim are lachim, it's mi'us. So, it wouldn't ma- it wouldn't matter l'chora. In other words, this mechaber the rationale of the Marsha'al doesn't seem to be working with what the mechaber says over here. I mean, the Mishna Berurah in siman kuf nun hei said the reason why you have to dry your hands is because of tum'ah, lechem tamei. The That's quoting the Beis Yosef. The Beis Yosef is explaining the mechaber in seif yud beis. The Then the Mishna Berurah quoted the Marsha'al, but I don't think the rationale of the Marsha'al would fit in with this. Let's see the Mishna Berurah, "B'loi nigov." V'chulu. Kein eisav tasefta b'chasav av Beis Yosef d'tamhu, misham d'b'matbil ein mayim t'me'im kal. Kal, this is the Beis Yosef l'shitasei. That when you're toivel your hands, you don't have tamei water at all. V'l'chein ein tzorech nigov, therefore you don't need drying. V'lamad mizeh and the mechaber learned from here that if this applies to toivel t'vilas yadayim, the same thing would be if you were shofeich revi'is b'vas achas al shtei yadav or al kol yad v'yad bifnei atzmei d'kamilanami d'hamayim t'horim heim k'l kamon b'siman kuf samach beis. Therefore, ein tzorech nigov. So, in any scenario, whether it's t'vilas yadayim, sh'fichas revi'is al shtei yadayim b'vas achas or al al kol yad v'yad. Also, the Mishna Berurah makes the point we made. Marsha'al cholek al zeh. Disagrees with nigov sh'tiknu mishum mi'us v'chanal. V'im kein, mali revi'is b'vas achas al yadayim, what difference does it make if you poured revi'is b'vas achas? Ah, so what would he say about t'vilah? V'rak v'rak b'matbil ein tzorech nigov. Why? D'b't'vilas hayadayim hu k'ein taharah d'oraisa shel t'vilas haguf. V'sham b'vadai ein tzorech nigov. V'l'chein gam b't'vilas yadayim lo itiknu b'nigov. There's a special s'varah why you wouldn't need nigov by t'vilas yadayim because it's similar to taharah d'oraisa. And by taharah d'oraisa, you don't need nigov for sure. Therefore, even by t'vilas yadayim lo itiknu nigov. Uk'd'varav kasav gam habach b'siman kuf samach hei v'chein hiskimu sh'ar acharonim. V'af b'matbil d'ein tzorech nigov v'nadin, kasav Magid Mishneh d'misha daiteh kasav av Yesha mishum mi'us v'tzorech nigov. Even though technically drying if you're matbil yadayim, you don't need nigov, but if you're a little bit of an istanis, and it's you wouldn't typically touch and handle food with wet hands, then you need to dry them. >> [snorts] >> This, let's see what he says. This says note 59. >> [snorts] >> He brings in the Chazon Ish that even by t'vilas yadayim, you're required to have nigov because there are other reasons for nigov. Okay, let's start. You know what? Let's not. Let's hold it here. 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