26 Netilas Yadayim — Why Do We Wash Our Hands Before Beginning the Day?
from Tefilah Today Hosted by Baila Yaniv
Washing our hands seems like the simplest physical act at the beginning of the day. Yet Chazal transformed it into the first deliberate preparation for avodas Hashem. What are we leaving behind—and what are we preparing ourselves to enter—when the water first touches our hands?
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