Washing baby's hands negel vasser

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  • #615898
    Torah613Torah
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    Do you do it?

    At what age do you teach kids to start washing negel vasser, if not?

    #1090490
    Jewish Thinker
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    Chazon Ish held even infants should do it, I believe. (The mother or someone else pours the water on them, obviously)

    #1090491
    Torah613Torah
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    Interesting. I was wondering what the source for doing it was.

    How do you do it with smaller babies, though? I’ve done it once or twice but it always results in a soaking wet baby.

    #1090492
    MDG
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    I did it with my babies, but not with a cup. I used running water in the kitchen sink and held their hands out.

    #1090493
    🍫Syag Lchochma
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    I held the baby in front of me, his back to my belly,with my arm across him and leaning him forward a bit so he extended his arms into the sink. I then used the other hand to dump water on his hands alternatingly, not worrying so much about the exact coverage, just the best approximation I could do.

    #1090495
    bb8
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    I had 4 girls that were all jaundice and went under the ultraviolet lights then when my son was born he too was jaundice I was worried about the bris!

    a little old frum lady who I didn’t know came to visit me at the hospital and told me wash the baby negel vassar and everthing will be fine.

    sure enough no lights and the bris was on time !!!

    #1090496
    Little Froggie
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    We try to do it every day. We were makpid with all of ours children, from just about day 1.

    How I do it? I place infant on my lap, criss-cross his/her hands and hold them together with one hand in correct position, so I generally aim right on. We’re not so fussy about opening her fists if she’d make one, though.

    Problem is when they get older, they always want me to wash them “the funny way”!

    #1090497
    Torah613Torah
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    Interesting about the jaundice.

    Thanks everyone, I had no idea it was so widespread.

    I thought people did it to accustom their children to feeling tahor… did I make that up?

    #1090498
    popa_bar_abba
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    I’ve never heard of this before today.

    Do people also dunk their baby in the mikva?

    #1090499
    MDG
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    I first saw about this in the Ben Ish Hai. I think I’ve seen it in other sefarim.

    #1090500
    Excellence
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    The Chazon Ish had his hands washed from when he was a month old I read

    #1090501
    popa_bar_abba
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    So do we pasken like the chazon ish’s mother? What else did she do?

    #1090502
    Jewish Thinker
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    Rebbetzin Kanievsky also did it. It is in the Artscroll Book page 443

    #1090503

    Steipler supposedly said if one washes babies hands negel vasser properly every single day, then Bris will be on time. (I have had nurses in delivery room help me wash when it was getting close to shkiah)

    #1090504
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    Do people also dunk their baby in the mikva?

    Just make sure to tell him not to close his eyes too tight so it shouldn’t be a chatzitzah.

    #1090505
    Jewish Thinker
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    “Chazon Ish held even infants should do it, I believe. (The mother or someone else pours the water on them, obviously)”

    POSTED 1 WEEK AGO #

    Unfortunately, I don’t have a source for that.

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