If one poured water on one hand and rubbed it against the other before washing the second hand, is the washing valid?
Synopsis
Pouring on one hand and rubbing it against the unwashed second hand invalidates the washing of both, because impure first-waters from the first hand defile the second hand, and second-waters cannot purify waters that were made impure by the other hand. The preferred solution is to have someone else pour, or to pour over both hands simultaneously.
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