❓Is one required to wash his hands and perform the above procedure even if he only attended part of the funeral procession and not the burial?

Author: Rabbi Yaakov GoldsteinPublished: August 10, 2026

Is one required to wash his hands and perform the above procedure even if he only attended part of the funeral procession and not the burial?[1] Yes. If one escorted the body for four Amos he is to wash his hands afterwards [1] Yifei Laleiv

Is one required to wash his hands and perform the above procedure even if he only attended part of the funeral procession and not the burial?[1]

Yes. If one escorted the body for four Amos he is to wash his hands [and perform the above procedure] afterwards

[1] Yifei Laleiv brought in Kaf Hachaim 4:77; However see Gesher Hachaim 14:22 that the custom of Vayehi Noam only applies to those that return from the cemetery.

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