[Avodah] : Minhag Yisroel Mor on Rav Shachter and Masorah - Zohar on Netilas Yadyaim

[Richard Wolpoe]

On 10/18/07, Micha Berger <micha at aishdas.org> wrote:
>
>
> Not at all. Halakhah isn't that someone MUST wait. The gemara has no
> requirement, leaving the time between waking up and davening an open
> period in which washing is required. The Zohar gives a reason why it
> should be ASAP. Therefore, it's a hanhagah atop the gemara, not
> overturning it.
>
> Frankly, I don't get the gemara anyway. But this is tangential -- what
> about zerizim maqdimin or being prepared for the unexpected? Wouldn't
> they be enough to motivate washing as early as possible regardless of
> the tum'ah issue?
>
> SheTir'u baTov!
> -micha


The Gemara makes it normative to wake up first thing in the morning and say
a number of brachos BEFORE netilas Yadyaim. The very FIRISTt Bracha upon
awakening is EloKai Neshama.  This has been deferred until later bcause of
concerns of Tum'as Yadyayim  that are not in the Gmara.  And we sub Modeh
ani which is an inncocuous substitute.  So the  Halachah has defintely
morphed, Whether it was al pi zohar or al pi the Gmara in Shabbos about Bas
Tihah - either way a  "mystical" aspect  over-rode the straight read of the
Talmud.

Of course this seems to clash with the Gra's point about paskening like
straight reads in the Gmara. Certainly the Rambam followed this G'mara as
written and required ZERO netillas Yadyayim on YK andn IIRC  Tsiha b'av,
too.

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