HANDWASHING: Hygiene or Holiness – Rabbi Michael Skobac – Jews for Judaism
Channel: Jews for Judaism
Date: 2020-03-15

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HANDWASHING: Hygiene or Holiness – presented by Rabbi Michael Skobac, Education Director of Jews for Judaism

In Judaism, we first see ritual hand washing as one of the ways that priests prepared for their service in the Tabernacle and later in the Holy Temple. We also know that priests would even wash their hands even before eating sanctified foods in their homes. Later, the custom developed for all Jews to wash their hands immediately upon waking in the morning as well as before and after meals where bread is eaten. This video explores the history of these practices as well as some of the symbolic meanings behind them. 

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