Remark: It is mostly Chassidim having a bowl filled with water next to their bed in order to wash their hands in the morning. However, there are plenty of religious Jews who wake up, say MODEH ANI right after opening their eyes and then go to a sink in order to wash.
According to the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, MODEH ANI may be said without washing one's hands before prayer.
B'H
ReplyDeleteThe reason why we have a Keli next to our beds and that we don't go to the sink is because there is an Halacha which says we should avoid walking 4 amos (2 meters) with hand unwashed the morning. So, if you go to the sink, you walk for sure more than 4 amos. It's in the Shulchan Oruch, and as such, it's not a question of being Chassidim.
B"H
ReplyDeleteNevertheless, I have seen the Kli mainly in haredi households and never, for instance, in a national religious home.
"Nevertheless, I have seen the Kli mainly in haredi households and never, for instance, in a national religious home"
ReplyDeleteIf we have to list all the Halachos NR don't respect, we will need the whole night for that!
B"H
ReplyDeleteMaybe the next sink isn't more than two meters far away.:-)
B'H
ReplyDeleteHave you ever seen a sink in a bedroom? :-)
Or maybe, there is another solution: Walk and every two meters, you stop, before walking again two other meters, untill you reach the sink.
... en-suite bathrooms can be really close by :-)
ReplyDeleteAnd somewhere I read that a notable rabbi said it's permissible to perform the morning wash of the hands in the bathroom, regardless of distance.
no?
B"H
ReplyDeleteI always see people going into the bathroom and washing their hands there.
And as a reply to Moshe's : I know it is rare, but YES, once I did see a sink in the bedroom in a regular flat in Holland. I found it most strange at the time, and the person living there wasn't jewish.
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