[Avodah] Tevillah and Netillas yadayim

[rabbirichwolpoe at gmail.com]

Given:
We men take showers before tevila. This creates the possibility that
if a body part is outside the mikvah but is wet, it can be mitztareif
to the mikvah provided that the water is continuous w/o hefsek down to
the mikvah.

OTOH with netillas yadayim, if we wash w/o a poper keli first we need
to dry our hands. IOW the water is a hefsek.

Why the hilluk?

KT
RRW
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