Jewish law generally gives precedence to the right side of the body as a sign of honor. Accordingly, when dressing, the right sleeve, sock, pant leg, and shoe are put on first, while garments and shoes are removed from the left side first to preserve the right’s precedence. The same principle applies when washing, applying soap, or using lotion, with the right side attended to first. An exception concerns tying: because tefillin are bound on the left arm, shoelaces and similar ties are fastened on the left side before the right. Consequently, one first puts on the right shoe without tying it, then the left shoe, ties the left shoe, and finally the right. Left-handed individuals, who wear tefillin on the right arm, reverse this order, while according to Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, women, who are not obligated to wear tefillin, tie the right shoe first. The preference for the right also shapes ritual practice. During the morning handwashing (netilat yadayim), the vessel is handled so that the right hand is washed first (reversed for left-handed individuals). When reciting Shema, both right- and left-handed people cover their eyes with the right hand. At the conclusion of the Amidah, worshippers step back first with the weaker foot to signify the reluctance to depart from God’s presence. During Kiddush, Birkat Hamazon over wine, and blessings over food, the cup or food is held in the dominant hand—typically the right, or the left for left-handed individuals.