❓Must one wash both hands if only one hand touched the shoe?

Author: Rabbi Yaakov GoldsteinPublished: August 10, 2026

Must one wash both hands if only one hand touched the shoe?[1] One is only required to wash the hand that touched the shoe, although one who is stringent to wash both hands is blessed. According to all one must wash the entire hand that touched the shoe. [1]

Must one wash both hands if only one hand touched the shoe?[1]

One is only required to wash the hand that touched the shoe, although one who is stringent to wash both hands is blessed. According to all one must wash the entire hand that touched the shoe.

 

[1] Kaf Hachaim 4:86 regarding uncovered areas [see F Q&A]; Piskeiy Teshuvos 4:22 and footnote 179

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