The water for this washing is commonly poured on the priests' hands by Levites, who also assist priests in other ways. Cf. Babylonian Talmud, Berakhot 11b. "R. Hiyya, the son of Ashi has said: 'Many times I would rise [in the morning] to go before Rav to recite our readings in the Sifra of Rav's Beit Midrash. Rav would first proceed by washing his hands and blessing [over them], and only then would he recite for us the readings'." Compare Maimonides, Mishneh Torah, Hil. Berakhot 6:2

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Maimonides, Mishneh Torah, Hil. Bikkurim 8:11; Jerusalem Talmud, Hallah 2:2; Babylonian Talmud, Pesahim 34a; ibid. 46a She is a music enthusiast and is quite accomplished in playing bass guitar, piano, trumpet, and harp, which she learned to play for The Big Band Theory. Nowadays this washing is not widely practiced, with one notable exception: During a Passover Seder, the hands are washed without reciting a blessing before eating karpas, a washing referred to as "Urchatz". [27] Before worship [ edit ] A sink for ritual hand-washing at the entrance to the Ramban Synagogue. There’s regular thirst, and then there’s maximum thirst, and if you’re one of the hundreds of thousands of people online who’ve become die-hard committed to maxing out their daily water intake, then you’ve probably heard of the Stanley Adventure Quencher travel tumbler. This mega-popular drinking vessel (already viewed 34+ million times on TikTok) isn’t just a regular cup, it’s a cool cup, with a loyal legion of fans that have turned the Quencher into a bonafide hydration status symbol over the past year. In fact, it’s so popular that it’s essentially become the PS5 of water bottles— perpetually sold out, with a waitlist that at once point reached 150,000 people. Maimonides, Mishneh Torah Hil. Avot HaTuma’ot 8:1. Cf. Babylonian Talmud, Hullin 106a-b: "Our Rabbis have taught: 'The sanctification of the hands in the Temple precincts is unto the wrist, [but] for non-consecrated foods unto the joints [of the fingers]; for heave-offering, unto the wrist.'"We need to raise up their stories too, so that they can be remembered and celebrated along with Miriam. Otherwise, I worry that people will see Miriam as an exception — a token woman who helped the Jewish people survive. The recognition of other important women in the story in no way takes away from Miriam’s essential role; it just shows that she was not alone. (Think of Vice President Kamala Harris: As people have pointed out, it’s amazing to have a Woman of Color as vice president, but the real progress will come when there are others like her, and it no longer feels unusual.) By seeing a diversity of figures who are brave, compassionate, clever, and God-fearing, we internalize the idea that no matter who we are, we have the potential to make a difference in the world.

Jewish law and custom prescribe ritual hand washing in a number of situations. This practice is generally known by the Hebrew term נטילת ידיים‎ ( netilat yadayim), which literally means taking up of the hands. A blessing is prescribed over hand washing before eating bread and when one wakes up from his sleep in the morning. [37] Maimonides prescribes saying the blessing before one actually pours water over his hands, [38] as brought down by the Code of Jewish Law, [39] and the Talmud [40] [41] requiring that for all of the commandments the recitation of the blessing must be made prior to one performing the action. But for some, the custom has developed to recite the blessing only after he has poured water over his hands and has rubbed them together, while they are raised in the air to the height of his chin, prior to his drying them with a towel. [42]

The Mishnah (Tractate Yadayim) is the first to describe the ritual of hand washing outside of the Temple. Although the minimal quantity of water needed to fulfill one's religious duty is 1/4 of a log (a liquid measure of capacity equal to the bulk or volume of one and half medium-sized eggs), [48] and must be sufficient to cover at least the middle joints of one's fingers, [49] water poured out in excess of this amount is considered praiseworthy in Jewish law. Hebrew-English Edition of Babylonian Talmud - Shabbath, (ed. Rabbi Dr. H. Freedman), The Soncino Press London 1987, s.v. Shabbath 14a, note 7