Ask the Rabbi
- Halacha
- The Meal - Washing, Eating and Benching
- Netilat Yadayim Before the Meal
Question
After I wash for Hamotzi, should I or can I answer Amen to my friend’s Al Nitilat Yadayim?
Answer
One should be careful not to speak between the Netilat Yadayim and blessing Hamotzi. Answering Amen after a friend's Bracha or for Kaddish or Kedusha though, is permitted.
Rabbi Ro'i Margalit
Eating on a bus
Various Rabbis | Iyyar 21, 5769
Netilat yadayim for toilet and bread
Rabbi Elchanan Lewis | 27 Tishrei 5766
Washing on each hand two or three times?
Rabbi David Sperling | Adar 12, 5775
