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- Netilat Yadayim - Hand Washing
- General Questions
Question
As a nurse attending a dead person is it enough to wash hands afterwards?
Answer
Yes, it is customary to wash as when getting up in the morning, three times alternately over both hands. No other procedure is common.
Pouring underhanded
Various Rabbis | Iyyar 15, 5768
Kapparah in the death of a Tzaddik
Rabbi Elchanan Lewis | 19 Adar 5767
non Jewish person at Jewish funeral
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Sivan 30, 5785
