What is considered a chatzitzah for women during netilas yadayim?

What is considered a chatzitzah for women during netilas yadayim?

A ring that a woman removes occasionally, such as when she kneads dough, is considered a chatzitzah (barrier) for netilas yadayim (ritual hand washing), since it prevents the water from reaching the entire hand, and must therefore be removed before washing. The fact that the ring might be loose is immaterial, since the halachah is that we aren’t baki (experts) in determining how loose a ring would have to be for it not to be a chatzitzah. Since most women these days remove their rings at least occasionally, the rings must therefore be removed prior to netilas yadayim.

Some women have the habit of putting their rings in their mouths while washing, but they must take them out before saying the brachah because one’s mouth must be completely empty when saying a brachah.

Nail polish is not a chatzitzah for netilas yadayim provided that the nail polish is intact. However, once it starts peeling or cracking it could become a chatzitzah, which is one of the reasons that some women avoid using nail polish. #497

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Practical Halacha: One minute a day. By Horav Yosef Yeshaya Braun, shlita, Mara D'asra and member of the Badatz of Crown Heights.