How to Perform Netilat Yadayim

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Clean your hands.

   You must first make sure your hands are clean, as the purpose is not to cleaning your hands, rather to purify them.
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   Step 2: Take a Jewish hand washing bowl with 2 handles

   ,, Take the cup in your non-dominant hand, and pour some of the water over your dominant hand, making sure that the water goes down the wrist and doesn't come back. ,,,, Blessed are you, Hashem our God, King of the Universe Who has sanctified us with His commandments, and has commanded us regarding the washing of the hands. ,, If you do speak, you must wash again.
   
   It is permitted to motion to other for whatever reason. , Blessed are you, Lord, our God, King of the universe, who brings bread from the land."
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   Step 3: and fill the bowl with water.

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   Step 4: Pour the water over your hands.

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   Step 5: In Jewish Law

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   Step 6: precedence is always given to the dominant hand.

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   Step 7: Pour the water over your dominant hand the same way a second time.

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   Step 8: Pass the cup to your dominant hand

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   Step 9: preferably holding it with a paper towel so that your wet hand does not come in contact with anything before you say the blessing.

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    Step 10: Pour the water over your non-dominant hand twice the same way that you did with your dominant hand.

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    Step 11: While holding your hands in front of you

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    Step 12: say the following blessing: "Baruch atah adonai elohaynu melekh ha'olam asher kideshahnu b'mitsvotav vetsivanu al netilat yadayim."

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    Step 13: Completely dry your hands with a clean towel.

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    Step 14: From this point until you eat the bread

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    Step 15: all speaking is forbidden.

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    Step 16: Say the blessing for the bread: "Baruch ata adonai elohaynu melech ha'olam

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    Step 17: hamotzi lechem min ha'aretz."

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    Step 18: Take a bite of the bread as soon as you finish making the blessing.

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