{"id":17544,"date":"2026-03-06T16:10:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T14:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ish-tsadik.org.il\/?post_type=faq&#038;p=17544"},"modified":"2026-03-06T16:10:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T14:10:26","slug":"washing-hands-with-warm-or-lukewarm-water","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/www.ish-tsadik.org.il\/en\/faq\/washing-hands-with-warm-or-lukewarm-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Washing Hands with Warm or Lukewarm Water"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"5\">It is permissible <b data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"26\">L&#8217;chatchila<\/b> (initially). This was the ruling of <b data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"74\">Maran the Shulchan Aruch<\/b> (Orach Chayim 160:6).<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\">Only regarding water that is so hot that &#8220;the hand recoils from it&#8221; (<i data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"69\">Yad Soldet Bo<\/i>) is there a discussion among the authorities (<i data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"129\">Poskim<\/i>) as to whether it is valid for washing. However, this situation is not common at all, as people do not typically wash their hands with water of such a high temperature.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7\">In practice, if the water accidentally became heated to such a degree (<i data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"71\">Yad Soldet Bo<\/i>), one may let it sit until it cools down and the temperature drops below that level (<b data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"170\">Mishna Berurah<\/b>, ibid.).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-17544","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>Washing Hands with Warm or Lukewarm Water - 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\/washing-hands-with-warm-or-lukewarm-water\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Washing Hands with Warm or Lukewarm Water - Ish Tsadik\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It is permissible L&#8217;chatchila (initially). 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