- Halacha
- Waking Up in the Morning
235
Question
I can not find the misheh berura tht the Rabbi writes that one should was when he uses the bathroom in middle of the night. I did find a m"b that seems to indicate that one need not wash. See m"b siman 1 s"k 2. Can you check the reference and let us know where the other m"b is? TY
Answer
ב"ה
שלום
The Mishna Brura is exactly where I said it is and is also repeated in S"k 33, however I changed the wording. To clarify what I wrote in the previous answer , after using the bathroom he HAS TO wash his hands as one would normally do after the bathroom. However, he does NOT have to do the Netilat Yadayim required upon wakening. In the said Mishna Berura 4:4, I refer to The Chayya Adam (כלל ז סע' ו) which the Mishna Brura quotes who says that if a person wakes up long before Tefilla and knows he will be going to the bathroom again it is best to say the bracha "al netilat Yadayim" upon waking up in the morning before Tefilla (. ( see also the Biur Halacha there "ואפילו". See also הלכות שלמה ב:כג, and (אור לציון ח"ב א, ו
The Mishna Berura that you mention refers to a situation when a person plans waking without getting into the detail of if he has to use the bathroom.
All the best

Philosophy
Rabbi David Sperling | Iyyar 2, 5781

Morning Netilat Yadayim
Various Rabbis | 16 Elul 5767

Shaving with a haircut machine
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Elul 25, 5780

Netilas Yadayyim in middle of the night
Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Elul 12, 5775

Omer Days I can shave/cut hair
Rabbi David Sperling | Iyyar 2, 5774

If I forget thee, O Orlando!
Rabbi David Samson | 18 Elul 5762

Relations with a gentile woman
Rabbi Chaim Tabasky | Tevet 16, 5768

Secular conference on Yom Tov
Rabbi David Sperling | Elul 24, 5772

Which Prophets did Israel kill?
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Adar 25, 5785

Follow up to "outdated Mitzvot", Sanhedrin, morality etc.
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Nisan 18, 5785
Separate beds while niddah
Rabbi Gideon Weitzman | Nisan 13, 5785
