בִּרְכַּת נְטִילַת יָדָֽיִם | Blessing on preparing one's hands for wakefulness and other holy activities (translation by Aharon Varady)

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Date: 2024-12-01

Last Updated: 2024-12-01

Categories: Hand Washing, Immersion (Purification)

Tags: 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., waking, תפילות קודם התפילה Prayers before Praying

Excerpt: The blessing upon preparing one's hands for attaining a state of ritual purity before a sacred activity. . . .


Content:
Source (Hebrew) Translation (English)
Take a clean and unbroken vessel
and fill it with enough water to pour over one’s hands.
Alternate each hand as you pour the water over them,
right and left, right and left, right and left.
Then dry one’s hands and hold them slightly elevated,
while saying the following blessing:
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה
יְיָ אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ
מֶֽלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם
אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָֽׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֺתָיו
וְצִוָּֽנוּ עַל נְטִילַת יָדָֽיִם׃
Blessed are you
YHVH our elo’ah
cosmic majesty
who sanctified us with their mitsvot
and commanded us to elevate our hands.

Contributor: Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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Featured Image:
Blessing over Hand Washing (Aharon Varady, Eden Village Camp 2014)
Title: Blessing over Hand Washing (Aharon Varady, Eden Village Camp 2014)
Caption: Blessing over Hand Washing (Aharon Varady, Eden Village Camp 2014)