[Avodah] Netilas Yadayim - Brachah on 2nd N'tillah

[kennethgmiller at juno.com]

R' Rich Wolpoe wrote:

> Re: Washing for peiros shetibullo b'mashkin - and then
> subsequently eating bread later ...
> Q: How do we make a brachah on 2nd N'tilah @ the seder?

MB 475:1 answers that "chaisheenan shema" we are concerned that perhaps he got distracted during the Hagada and Hallel, and touched covered parts of the body.

In the Beur Halacha there (475: "yitol yadav"), he references 158:7 as saying the same thing, and says this is especially true where he was not careful to keep his hands tahor.

Going back to siman 158, the MB only seems to talk about someone who *did* get distracted, or *didn't* get distracted, and nothing about someone who *may* have gotten distracted. However, the Beur Halacha here (158: "v'im"), he does specifically write that it was a long while ("kama shaos") from the first netilah until he is ready to eat bread, then he *does* have to wash again *with* a bracha, and even if he *knows* that he was not distracted - unless he explicitly stipulated that the first washing should also count for the bread.

Based on this, it seems to me that according to the Beur Halacha, even a person who conducts his Seder in such a way that he knows for sure that he will not get distracted and not touch anything tamay, he can still say the bracha on the second washing, as long as he doesn't make such a tenai.

Akiva Miller

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