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Siman 166 – Interruption between washing hands and breaking bread

בChelek 2
  1. Be careful, l’chatchila, after washing your hands (even without a beracha) not to make the following interruptions before eating:
    1. Distracting activities e.g. filling a cup of hot water.
    2. Speaking even a little bit (except where necessary for the seuda).
    3. Divray Torah.
    4. Delaying after drying for more than the time it takes to walk 22 amos.
    5. Walking to a different building.(ShA – MB , , – ShaH 1)
  1. If you did interrupt, you do not need to wash again. (MB )
  1. You are allowed to delay while waiting for someone to bring salt. (MB Siman167:29)
  2. It is proper to recite the Mizmor “Hashem Roi” (Psalm 23) after eating from the Hamotzi. (MB )