[Mesorah] S. Baer on Shelo Assani Nochri

[Zev Sero]

On 19/03/2012 2:10 PM, R. Rich Wolpoe wrote:
> Why not leave it as is?  Would the fact that sand etc. Does replacing water with sand make al N'tillas yadadyim problamtic

Very much so.  If you're not washing from a natla then what you are
doing is not netila, so how can you say "al netilas yodayim".  Even
if you are using water, if you are dipping your hands into the water
rather than pouring it onto your hands from a keli, the bracha is
"al tevilas yodayim".

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