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1) When washing the hands upon rising in the morning ( Negel Vasser) the cup should be held in the right hand and filled with water (or if it was already filled from the night before, it should initially be picked up with the right hand), then transferred to the left hand and the water poured on the right hand first. (Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim Siman 4:10)
According to some Poskim, this applies to all washings of Netilas Yadayim throughout the day, and not just to Negel Vasser. (See Shu"t Be'er Moshe Vol. 2 Siman 3:3)
2) A left handed person follows the above mentioned order as well and washes the right hand first, as the primary reason the right hand is washed first is Al Pi Kabala, as we want the Ko'ach of the right hand (Chesed) to overpower the Ko'ach of the left hand (Din).(See Mishna Berura Siman 4:22 and Kaf HaChaim Siman 4:35)
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Reader's Question:
[Regarding tying the left shoe first that you mentioned in the halachos of 11 Av 5770 ] should I assume that fastening a velcro strip on a shoe is treated like tying its laces? Also, would a zipper work the same way?
Answer:
There is actually a debate amongst the poskim if velcro is like tying or not.
Rav Menashe Klein Shlita in Shu"t Mishne Halachos Vol. 13 Siman 3 rules that it is best to be stringent and fasten the shoe that should be tied first even if the fastening is not being "tied" with laces.
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