{"id":8194,"date":"2016-02-05T00:09:18","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T22:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=8194"},"modified":"2018-05-24T12:31:06","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T09:31:06","slug":"03-05-09","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/03-05-09\/","title":{"rendered":"09. Minors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">Several major A\u0125aronim write that it is important to ensure that even small children wash their hands in the morning. Even though they have not yet reached school age (<\/span><i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">gil \u0125inukh<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">), since they touch food, their hands must be washed so that the food is not damaged by the <\/span><i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">ru\u2019a\u0125 ra\u2019ah<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\"> on their hands (\u0124ida; <\/span><i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">Pri Megadim<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">Mishbetzot Zahav<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\"> 4:7; MB 4:10). Additionally, there are some who practice the extra-pious custom of washing even a newborn\u2019s hands (<\/span><i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">Ben Ish \u0124ai<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">Toldot<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\"> 10), for by doing so, the children are raised in purity and sanctity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">However, in practice, most people are not strict about washing their children\u2019s hands three times after they wake up, because according to some prominent A\u0125aronim, <\/span><i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">ru\u2019a\u0125 ra\u2019ah<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\"> only lingers on the hands of girls who are at least twelve years old and boys who are at least thirteen. This is because the spirit of impurity affects those who can connect to holiness and act to repair the world. Hence, the <\/span><i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">ru\u2019a\u0125 ra\u2019ah<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\"> does not rest on the hands of gentiles, for they are not obligated to perform <\/span><i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">mitzvot<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">. Similarly, <\/span><i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">ru\u2019a\u0125 ra\u2019ah<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\"> does not rest in full force on the hands of children who have not been initiated into the duties of <\/span><i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">mitzvot<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">. Still, there is a mitzva educate minors in mitzva observance, and once they start connecting to <\/span><i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">mitzvot<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">ru\u2019a\u0125 ra\u2019ah<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\"> lingers upon them a bit as well. Therefore, from the time they reach the age of education and are capable of comprehending how to wash their hands, one is obligated to educate them and accustom them to washing (based on SAH 2:4:2; <\/span><i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">Eshel Avraham <\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">[Buczacz]<\/span><i> <\/i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">4:3; <\/span><i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">Tzitz<\/span><\/i> <i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">Eliezer <\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">7:2:4).<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">In conclusion, there is a mitzva to habituate children in <\/span><i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">netilat yadayim <\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000\">from the time they reach the age of education, and it is an obligation to wash their hands starting from the age of <\/span><i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">mitzvot<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000\">, meaning twelve years old for a girl and thirteen for a boy. Some are strict and wash their baby\u2019s hands from the time he touches food (MB 4:10). Additionally, there are individuals who enhance the mitzva by washing their baby\u2019s hands from the time of his <\/span><i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">brit mila<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000\"> or even from birth, for even then Israel\u2019s unique holiness begins to appear (cited parenthetically in SAH<\/span><i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\"> ad loc.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000\">; see also <\/span><i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">Kaf Ha-\u0125ayim <\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000\">4:22). <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several major A\u0125aronim write that it is important to ensure that even small children wash their hands in the morning. Even though they have not yet reached school age (gil \u0125inukh), since they touch food, their hands must be washed so that the food is not damaged by the ru\u2019a\u0125 ra\u2019ah on their hands (\u0124ida; [&hellip;]<\/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-8194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-03-05"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>09. 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