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Purification
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.

buried in grave
Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Av 7, 5779

pouring underhand
Various Rabbis | Iyyar 4, 5773

Preparing for death
Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Sivan 4, 5779

Visiting at the end of Shiva
Rabbi Chaim Tabasky | 14 Iyyar 5767

Rabbi Chaim Tabasky
Rabbi Chaim Tabasky teaches a shiur in gemarah at the Beit Midrash program of the Machon Hagavoah l'Torah at Bar Ilan University. He is also a certified examiner of STa"M (Sifrei Torah, Tefillin and Mezuzot) and a narrative therapist.

Crossing the International Dateline
20 Iyyar 5764

Tzniut in the Torah
29 Iyyar 5764

Can a Male Ger Become a Rabbi?
12 Av 5764

Civil Divorce
12 Sivan 5764

Tehillim for a deceased parent
Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Tammuz 8, 5773

Bracha on water
Rabbi Elchanan Lewis | Cheshvan 16, 5769

Mezuzah for a Catholic Family?
Rabbi David Sperling | Nisan 15, 5779

Mezuzah for a Catholic Family?
Rabbi David Sperling | Nisan 15, 5779

Preparation for Davening
Rabbi David Sperling | Av 7, 5782

UMAN RH
Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Av 12, 5782

Can an electric tea kettle be assumed to be kosher?
Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Av 13, 5782
