{"id":17545,"date":"2026-03-06T16:11:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T14:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ish-tsadik.org.il\/?post_type=faq&#038;p=17545"},"modified":"2026-03-06T16:11:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T14:11:54","slug":"reciting-verses-between-washing-and-the-blessing","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/www.ish-tsadik.org.il\/en\/faq\/reciting-verses-between-washing-and-the-blessing\/","title":{"rendered":"Reciting Verses Between Washing and the Blessing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"5\">The source of this law is found in the holy <b data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"52\">Shelah<\/b>, and <b data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"64\">Maran the Mishna Berurah<\/b> (158:44) quotes his words. <b data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"116\">Maharam Papiros<\/b> also wrote similarly (<i data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"154\">Seder HaSeudah<\/i> 1, 2).<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\">In practice, this is not considered an interruption (<b data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"53\">Yabia Omer<\/b>, Vol. 8, 20). However, many authorities actually disagree with this practice; therefore, the <b data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"157\">Gaon of Vilna<\/b> (<i data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"172\">Maaseh Rav<\/i>) did not follow the custom of reciting these verses. Nevertheless, one who does follow this custom has a solid halakhic basis to rely upon.<\/p>\n<hr data-path-to-node=\"7\" \/>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-17545","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>Reciting Verses Between Washing and the Blessing - 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\/reciting-verses-between-washing-and-the-blessing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Reciting Verses Between Washing and the Blessing - Ish Tsadik\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The source of this law is found in the holy Shelah, and Maran the Mishna Berurah (158:44) quotes his words. 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