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> Sefer Toldoth Adam (a biography of R. Zalman Volozhiner, who<BR>> was a student of the Gra) says that R. Zalman used to wear<BR>> mittens when he slept so that he could start learning when<BR>> he woke up without having to wash his hands first.<BR>
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I think the source for this is the Sefer Chassidim.<BR>
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Kol tuv<BR>
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