Q. Dear Rov; After one has put on tefilin and has touched the upper arm, that you once mentioned one has to wash his hands, can he meantime for reciting the blessing just clean his hand with the Taalis?

A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that if it is done gently it is permitted.

Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Shlomo Miller, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller and Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu Shlit’a