Prayer and Religious Articles: Prayer and Blessings: Washing the Hands in Innocence:
How do we know that washing the hands is symbolic of innocence?
The concept comes from the EGLAH ARUFAH ceremony in Deut. 21:6-7.
See also Psalms 26:6 and 73:13, which speaks of "washing the hands
in innocence".
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