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I recently heard an audio Torah lesson from state-prostitute Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef (son of Rabbi Ovadya). Discussing יד מסמא יד מחרשת (O.C. 4:3), he said it still “applies”, and since one must wash hands after sleeping during the day (O.C. 4:15), therefore, one must also wash the hands of an infant (from the age it holds food directly, as opposed to a bottle) after every single nap (no mention of length) so it doesn’t go blind and deaf.

I’m not going to go into the independent onion-layers of ignorance shown here (per ספק ספיקא המתהפך). I wish to point out only the thought process which does and would have prevented many similar notions by modern Torah students: Try to imagine the sages of the Talmud actually ruling  – and living! – according to your proposed understanding. In this case, the sheer logistics of using that much water, and the price of the water, not kept artificially low, as it is today.

Bein Din Ledin provides an overview of the Bechukoseihem prohibition.

Check it out here.