[Avodah] mayim achoronim (2)

[Shlomo Pick]

i received the following from Danny, which was published in areivim:
> The gist of it is that mayim acharonim is a chova
> and is so viewed by the shulchan aruch

Sort of. The SA ends off Hil. MA (OC 181:10) with: Some do not have
the Minhag to wash MA...

Just keeping the record straight.

- Danny
My reply: Sorry to disagree: SH 181:1: Mayim Acharaonim Chova" and that's that. 
Later on in 181:10 he wrote: Yesh she-ein nohagim letol mayim acharonim.
And therefore according to the klallei pesak of the SH, I am allowed to
write: mayim acharonim is a chova.
This is so viewed by the shulchan aruch.  It's chova, and there are some...
Furthermore, when one says SA, one also means the generic one, and not just
the mechaber, and in this case, let's say using the MB, which is generally
accepted as the last word in Halakha for the yeshiva world and present day
posekim, there is no way out, for in MB 22, he cancels the yesh nohagim 
by presenting four views:  According to the Gra one must wash hands, 
according to mekubalim one must be zaheer in mayim acharonim, and both the 
maharshal and chida were very stringent in this.
And that's that.
Shlomo
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