Prayer and Blessings
Morning Blessings and Modeh Ani for One Who Stayed Up All Night
Question
Hello, recently I learned that after sleeping for half an hour I must wash my hands.
I wanted to ask two things:
1. Must I say "Modeh Ani"?
2. After a night in which I did not sleep at all, must I say "Modeh Ani" and recite the blessing on washing hands?
Thank you very much
Answer
Festive greetings,
Only after rising from night sleep do one say Modeh Ani.
One who stayed up all night - according to the custom of the Sephardim, washes his hands without a blessing, and according to the custom of the Ashkenazim, if he went to relieve himself, he washes his hands with a blessing.
With blessings,
Hillel Meirs
