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The Tzaddikim used to always keep their hands above their waists. I can understand how this was done when all you wore was a robe and sandals, but how did men like the Chofetz Chaim do it when they wore pants? How'd they get dressed and go to the bathroom?

Edit: The Gemara says the Rebbe's hands never went below his waist and the Rambam says that it's a righteous thing to do. When you look at pictures and videos of the Chofetz Chaim, his hands are never below his waist.

M. Broder
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    For the record, there are all of like 3 pictures of the Chofetz Chaim and about 30 seconds of video. I don't know how much of a proof we could bring from his everyday actions from those sources alone. – Salmononius2 Jul 19 '16 at 01:57
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    Adding more specific citations to the Rambam and Talmud would further improve your question. – Double AA Jul 19 '16 at 02:00
  • How would a person wash like this? – Dude Jul 19 '16 at 03:10
  • @dude that's another question... – M. Broder Jul 19 '16 at 03:31
  • "I can understand how this was done when all you wore was a robe and sandals": if you can understand how they tied their sandals, then what's hard to understand about how they put on pants? – msh210 Jul 19 '16 at 16:03
  • Maybe it means "never when it was avoidable", but not when getting dressed going to bathroom. – N.T. Sep 06 '20 at 09:06

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