Must one wash hands before morning hand-washing into a vessel rather than directly onto the ground?
Synopsis
The Mechaber rules that morning hand-washing must be done into a vessel, not onto the ground or onto wood. The reason is that the evil spirit rests on the water that falls on the ground.
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