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Hi, can I use a towel used to dry myself after a shower to dry my hands after doing netilas yadayim to eat bread or to make any brache after going to the bathroom (or did it become contaminated,tameh, and or dirty by touching normally covered body parts )?If I dried my hands in a towel after doing mayim achronim , can I use it to dry my hands after mayim rishonim (to eat bread) or after washing my hands after using the bathroom (to make a bracha )Also , is there an inyan not to leave a paper towel one used for mayim achronim on the floor , rather it should be concealed in the garbage can right away? If my pants or underwear are not falling down , rather there up , is it certain that It’s considered a hefsek between my heart and erva and no further checking is necessary, or maybe the pressure is not enough around my waist or maybe it’s being supported mostly but there is a point of empty space in which there’s no hefsek and I should check each time for this concern? (I’m not sure if that’s physically possible , but that’s why I’m asking)Finally , after using the bathroom for excretion , many times , even after I wipe myself till the point that there’s small amount of blood ,still if I wipe deep in the whole I will get some brownness on the toilet paper. Is it forbidden to daven under these circumstances?(I don’t know if it’s possible or required to completely remove all feces beyond what’s on the outer surface of the whole)

Answer:

1. Yes, you can use the towel; it doesn’t become “tamei” in any way.

2. Yes, no problem in using the towel.

3. You can leave the towel on the ground, but of course this is not well-mannered.

4. The pants are certainly a hefsek; if they don’t fall down they divided between the top and bottom parts of the body.

5. If when sitting down nothing can be seen, it is permitted to daven. You don’t have to go in as deep as you can. Some bleeding can be normal.

Best wishes.

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