Al Netilat Yadayim

בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה' אֱלהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעולָם אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָׁנוּ בְּמִצְותָיו וְצִוָּנוּ עַל נְטִילַת ידיים

Blessed are you, L‑rd our G‑d, King of the universe, who has sanctified us
with His commandments, and commanded us concerning the washing of the hands.

As soon as we wake up "Modeh Ani" is said,
Even before we jump out of bed,
Then we use the water we prepared the night before,
Which is waiting on the bedroom floor.

We wash our hands in a special way,
But we don't say the blessing right away,
Once on the right, then once on the left we pour,
We do this twice more, now are hands are pure.

After we wash up and get dressed for the day,
We wash a second time in the same way,
"Al Netilat Yadayim," is the blessing we say,
We are ready to serve Hashem today.

There is another time this blessing is said,
When we wash our hands before eating bread,
This time we wash a bit differently,
We pour three times on our right hand consecutively,
Only then does our left hand get wet,
After pouring three times on the left we are set!



Souvenir: washing cup