Is it forbidden to feed someone who has not washed their hands?
Synopsis
Whether it is prohibited to give food to someone who has not washed hands. Sources prohibit this as a form of 'placing a stumbling block before the blind,' with some nuance regarding doubt and necessity.
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When water is not available within four mils ahead or one mil behind, may one eat bread without washing hands?
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May one wrap only one hand with cloth if eating with one hand only?
4 opinions
When water is unavailable, must the bread/food be dipped in liquid, or may one eat dry bread after wrapping hands with cloth?
3 opinions
Must the person serving food (feeding others) wash their hands before touching the food?
2 opinions
Must the person eating wash their hands, even if someone else is putting the food into their mouth and they do not touch it?
2 opinions
Must one who eats using a fork (magrefah) wash their hands?
2 opinions
Is there a difference in prohibition between giving food from the server's own food versus the eater's own food?
2 opinions
What is the status of cloth-wrapping as legitimate nettilat yadayim (hand-washing) when water is unavailable?
2 opinions
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