Washing Hands in a Yard with Disturbing Weeds
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Question
We have a yard where weeds and wild plants constantly grow, which are very disturbing to us. Therefore, we occasionally uproot all the vegetation. The question is whether this is a reason to permit washing hands in such a yard on Shabbat on the ground. It is a great effort to wash inside the house and then go out to eat in the yard, and we often have picnics on Shabbat.
Answer
Hello,
In the case where it is a place where one does not want plants to grow, because the weeds growing there are disturbing, and after Shabbat, one tries to uproot everything that has grown there, there is a dispute whether it is permissible to wash hands there, and according to halacha, one should be stringent.
Source
Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim, Siman 336, Se'if 3).
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