Reply To: Negel vasser on an airplane

“LB: “One Shabbat, attended a shiur about Ashair Yatzar at the shul. The rabbi said that negel vasser is not required, ever. All that is required is to wash hands with water before saying Ashair Yatzar.””

LU: Sorry I went on a tangent with that thought. The rabbi ONLY spoke of washing negel vasser after using the restroom BUT not after sleep. (Caps for emphasis/clarity; not meant to be shouting).

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LU: Why didn’t I wash in the bathroom? I dunno. It seemed more halachic imhhhho.

Getting up would have added extra steps from my resting place while impure, dunno how many feet/meters/amot?isthattheword?.

I would have had to fish for my glasses somewhere who knows where in my bag first.

I prefer to minimize touching the innards of and/or going into airplane lavoratories as much as possible, esp if not needed.

I thought fingertips would be fine, picturing the rabbi doing it at the table after eating a Sabbath meal and before benching.****

****Yes this is totally different. I since figured, and would appreciate knowing more about what that type and timing of washing means 🙂

Doing it this way felt more like a ritual and spiritual interesting I guess.

Most importantly … I didn’t think of going to the sink! (Ridiculous I know. Sometimes the obvious, to me, is profound. Maybe I got stuck on details.)

Oh and perhaps… being awake for 24hrs or something by then with consecutive flight delays and gate changes may have zapped up mental processes that I had yet to recuperate from at that point.

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