{"id":17478,"date":"2026-02-01T00:36:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T22:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ish-tsadik.org.il\/?post_type=faq&#038;p=17478"},"modified":"2026-02-01T00:36:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T22:36:29","slug":"blind-person-and-mayim-acharonim","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/www.ish-tsadik.org.il\/en\/faq\/blind-person-and-mayim-acharonim\/","title":{"rendered":"Blind Person and Mayim Acharonim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"2\"><b data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"8\">Yes<\/b>, he is required to wash. This is because of the second reason given for <i data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"84\">Mayim Acharonim<\/i>: <b data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"101\">&#8220;And you shall sanctify yourselves and be holy&#8221;<\/b> (referring to the requirement of cleanliness for prayer and blessings).<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">This ruling is cited in the book <i data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"33\">Sefer HaSuma<\/i> in the name of <b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"61\">HaGaon Rav Moshe Sternbuch<\/b>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-17478","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Blind Person and Mayim Acharonim - Ish Tsadik<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ish-tsadik.org.il\/en\/faq\/blind-person-and-mayim-acharonim\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Blind Person and Mayim Acharonim - Ish Tsadik\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Yes, he is required to wash. 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