Reply To: washing netilas yadayim on shabbos

Is it a problem to get a clean garment wet [on Shabbos]?

Even though you are not getting the garment wet in order to clean it, it is still ???? [laundering, which is forbidden].

According to the ????? of ???? one is forbidden to get any absorbent material wet on Shabbos, because that is the first step in the laundering process. Therefore, one should be careful when washing one’s own hands or a child’s hands for ????? ???? or before the ?????? [negel vasser, or washing before a bread meal] that sleeves should not get wet.