<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">At dinners, especially in past generations, a &ldquo;finger bowl&rdquo; containing water with a flower petal floating in it would be passed around towards the end of the meal and the diners would dip their fingers in it. The question is: Does one fulfill the mitzvah of mayim acharonim by this method? The Kaf Hachaim discusses this question (Kaf Hachaim 181:9) and states that if there was a lot of water in the &ldquo;finger-bowl&rdquo; it would then be permitted, although this is not the preferred method for mayim acharonim.</span></span></span></p>