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GENERAL: Netilas Yadayim and Changing Diapers
Shmuel Bloom asked:
If one has to wake up in the middle of the night to change his crying
baby's diaper:
(a) Does one have to first wash his hands (negel vasser 3 times)?
(b) Does one say a bracha on that washing?
(c) Does one have to wash ones hands (neggel vasser 3 times) after
changing their baby's diaper?
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The Kollel replies:
[This response is not intended to be a Halachic ruling on the issue.
For all practical questions, please consult your individual Posek.]
(a) ONE SHOULD WASH THREE TIMES ON EACH HAND BEFORE CHANGING THE
DIAPER (See HALICHOS SHLOMO TEFILAH 13:16, p. 170, in the name of
Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach zt'l). However, in a case of difficulty
there is room to be lenient not to do Negel Vasser three times when
arising in the middle of the night - see Halichos Shlomo there Dvar
Halachah #25, but see KAF HA'CHAYIM
4:4 who is stringent.
(b) ONE DOES NOT SAY A BERACHA FOR THIS WASHING.
(c) ONE SHOULD WASH ONE'S HANDS AFTER CHANGING THE DIAPER BUT IT IS
NOT NECESSARY TO DO SO THREE TIMES.
(See Halichos Shlomo 20:16, p.245, that someone who touches a part of
a young child's body, which one is not particular should be covered,
does not need to wash his hands. This implies that when one changes a
diaper, which involves touching parts which one is usually careful to
keep covered, one does require "Netilah". See MISHNAH BERURAH 4:39
that washing three times is not necessary after touching a covered
part of the body or excrement.)
KOL TUV
D. Bloom
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