[Avodah] Netillat Yadayim with no towel

[Micha Berger]

On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 06:33:51PM +0300, Liron Kopinsky wrote:
: I was at a restaurant today and they had a washing station, but no towels.
: They only had an electric hand dryer.
: Does anyone know what one should do in such a situation?

I know that when no towel is available, you can wave your hands dry.
I can't see why an air blower is worse.

A nearby shul recently installed air blowers, and there are only paper
towels at the lobby sinks on Shabbos. Washing before davening lacks the
gravitas as before hamotzi, but I was wondering if they were pushing
those who do wash regularly before davening to go with a bedi'eved.

-Micha

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