June 17, 2024

The Laws of Birchos Hashachar (15)

  • In the times of Chazal, each morning blessings were recited when the particular benefit for which it was written occurred. Nowadays, it is customary to recite all these blessings at one time only after one has washed his hands. (SA 46.2)
  • Men, women, and children who have reached the age of chinuch (as early as five years old) are obligated to recite the morning brachos. (עיין מ״ב ס׳ ע׳ ס״ק ב)
  • One who slept the night and wakes up any time after midnight can already recite the morning brachos. (MB 47.30)
  • One who did not recite the morning brachos before davening may recite them afterward. (MB 52.9)
  • The brachos do not have to be recited in order. Therefore, if one forgets one of the brachos, he can recite it upon remembering. The one exception is that the bracha of מתיר אסורים cannot be said after זוקף כפופים for מתיר אסורים is included in זוקף כפופים. (SA 46.5 MB. Ibid, 20.)
  • The brachos were not enacted for a particular person but for the general community. Therefore, a blind person would still say פוקח עורים. Likewise, one who slept in clothes would still say מלביש ערומים. The one exception is that a גר would not say שלא עשני גוי. (MB 46. 24,25)
  • One who arrives late to Shachris should say all of the morning blessings, even if he has to postpone some parts of pesukei de'zimra until after davening. (הליכות שלמה פ״ו הלכה ז׳)
  • If one is unsure if he has already recited the brachos, he should not repeat them but rather listen to someone else say them.
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