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Netilat yadayim

נטילת ידיים

Netilat yadayim

See it in the tour

The two stations where one washes one's hands before entering the prayer area, on the upper plaza, by the low wall that closes it: taps and natlot, the cups that pour the water. An echo of the Kiyor, the bronze basin where the kohanim washed their hands and feet before the service.

Dimensions

  • location of the two stations from OpenStreetMap

Sources

  • Exodus 30:19“וְרָחֲצוּ אַהֲרֹן וּבָנָיו מִמֶּנּוּ אֶת יְדֵיהֶם וְאֶת רַגְלֵיהֶם”

Project decisionChoice of the tour: their shape. No source found describes it; the tour makes each a round stone basin around a column carrying eight taps, the natlot set on the rim.