Reply To: Chidushim on Daf Yomi

ברכות סב,א

ומי כעמך ישראל גוי אחד who is like Your nation Yisroel, a unique nation. Not for nothing are we called עם קדוש a holy nation. We are commanded how to act in the bathroom. A person should not say, I can do what I want because no one sees me as Hashem is everywhere and we must be modest everywhere as outlined in SA O’CH 3. A person should uncover himself only as much as is necessary. We put on tefilin on the left hand, the weaker hand, showing that we subjugate ourselves to the Almighty Hashem. When wiping oneself, one should not use the right hand but the left because we tie our tefilin with the right hand. The question is, why don’t we say the opposite. Don’t use the left hand because we put tefilin on it? Maybe, as explained before with the ketzos , we are concerned with our action here and we do the action with the right hand. We remember the Beis Hamikdash by sitting from north to south and not from east to west were the holy ark was situated. We don’t appreciate one of the greatest inventions. Just imagine what we would need to use if not for toilet paper. The benefit of softness and comfort and avoiding illness by providing the proper sanitary conditions cannot be over estimated.