Washing Hands for Challah



washing hands


  • Make sure your hands are clean and dry.

  • Grasp the washing cup with your right hand.

  • Transfer the washing cup to your left hand.

  • Make a loose fist of your right hand.

  • Pour water over your right hand — enough to wet both the inside and outside of your right fist.

  • Repeat.

  • Transfer the washing cup to your right hand.

  • Pour water over your left hand — enough to wet both the inside and outside of your left fist.

  • Repeat.

  • Loosely cup your hands, palms upwards, as if to “accept” the purity, raise your hands and recite:



  • Ba-rooch Attah A-doy-noy,

    E-lo-hay-noo Melech ha-olam,

    asher ki-di-sha-noo bi-mi-tz-vo-sav,

    vi-tzee-va-noo al ni-tee-las ya-da-yim.

    (Blessed are You Hashem (the Master) our G-d (Source of our strength) Ruler of the universe, Who has made us holy (special to Him) through His commandments, and commanded us concerning washing (our) hands.)






    • Dry your hands perfectly.

    • Do not speak until after eating bread, except to recite the blessing over the bread, or to answer Amain.

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