{"id":8182,"date":"2016-02-05T00:03:46","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T22:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=8182"},"modified":"2018-05-24T12:29:51","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T09:29:51","slug":"03-05-03","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/03-05-03\/","title":{"rendered":"03. Ru\u2019a\u0125 Ra\u2019ah Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to <\/span>Zohar<\/span><\/i> and the kabbalists, one must wash her hands immediately upon waking from her sleep so as not to prolong the <\/span>ru\u2019a\u0125 ra\u2019ah<\/span><\/i> upon her hands. They also caution against walking more than four <\/span>amot<\/span><\/i> before washing one\u2019s hands in the morning. Therefore, one must prepare water before going to sleep and place it near her bed so that she can wash her hands immediately upon rising (<\/span>Sha\u2019arei Teshuva<\/span><\/i> 1:2). There are those who are lenient regarding this because, in their opinion, the entire house is considered a single space of four <\/span>amot<\/span><\/i>. As long as one does not leave the house for more than the space of four <\/span>amot<\/span><\/i>, she is not considered to have walked four <\/span>amot<\/span><\/i> before washing (<\/span>Responsa Shevut Yaakov<\/span><\/i> 3:1). <\/span><\/p>\n

Others maintain that <\/span>ru\u2019a\u0125 ra\u2019ah<\/span><\/i> has been eliminated from this world. <\/span>Tosafot<\/span><\/i> (<\/span>Yoma<\/span><\/i> 77b) cites an opinion that <\/span>ru\u2019a\u0125 ra\u2019ah<\/span><\/i> does not dwell in \u201cthese kingdoms\u201d (France and Germany). <\/span>Le\u0125em Mishneh<\/span><\/i> states that it is implied from Rambam, who lived in Spain and Egypt, that he, too, is not concerned about the <\/span>ru\u2019a\u0125 ra\u2019ah<\/span><\/i> mentioned in the Talmud (MT, Laws of Observing Yom Kippur 3:2). Maharshal one of the greatest Ashkenazic poskim of the sixteenth century, writes no <\/span>ru\u2019a\u0125 ra\u2019ah<\/span><\/i> is found nowadays (<\/span>Yam Shel Shlomo<\/span><\/i>,<\/span> \u0124ullin <\/span><\/i>8:31). Several other <\/span>poskim<\/span><\/i> agree with this approach. <\/span><\/p>\n

In earlier generations, spiritual and mystical power was more pronounced and intense. This was expressed on the one hand by the ability to attain greater and more transcendental experiences, emotionally and spiritually, such as prophecy, and on the other hand, by the presence of all sorts of sorcery and impure spirits. Over time, intellectual prowess took center stage at the expense of spiritual forces, and together with the cessation of prophecy, the impure spirits weakened and disappeared; their place was taken by the \u201cevil spirits\u201d of false and deceitful ideas.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

Furthermore, there is an amazing tradition regarding Count Valentine Potocki, the Polish nobleman who had his heart set on joining the Jewish people and converting to Judaism. Since such a thing was prohibited in his time, he converted secretly and engrossed himself in Torah. Eventually, the Christians captured him and offered him two options: to return to Christianity or to be burned alive. The righteous convert chose to die by fire, thereby publicly sanctifying God\u2019s name. At that moment, Vilna Gaon said that the <\/span>ru\u2019a\u0125 ra\u2019ah<\/span><\/i> lost some of its strength, particularly regarding the <\/span>ru\u2019a\u0125 ra\u2019ah<\/span><\/i> of the morning. For this reason, the students of the Vilna Gaon are lenient regarding walking four <\/span>amot<\/span><\/i> before washing.<\/span><\/p>\n

In practice, according to \u0124ida, MB (1:2), and <\/span>Ben Ish \u0124ai<\/span><\/i>, one should be careful not to walk more than four <\/span>amot<\/span><\/i> before washing. In contrast, there are <\/span>poskim<\/span><\/i> who are lenient, whether because the entire house is considered four <\/span>amot<\/span><\/i> or because today there is no longer any <\/span>ru\u2019a\u0125 ra\u2019ah<\/span><\/i> on one\u2019s hands. Therefore, the common custom is to walk more than four <\/span>amot<\/span><\/i> before washing. However, even according to those who rule leniently, the custom is to be strict about anything mentioned in the Talmud, such as washing one\u2019s hands three times and not touching bodily orifices prior to washing.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

According to Zohar and the kabbalists, one must wash her hands immediately upon waking from her sleep so as not to prolong the ru\u2019a\u0125 ra\u2019ah upon her hands. They also caution against walking more than four amot before washing one\u2019s hands in the morning. Therefore, one must prepare water before going to sleep and place […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[109],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-03-05"],"yoast_head":"\n03. 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