Halachot and Customs
If I wake up at 3 a.m., can I recite Birkot HaShachar?
Can I pray with Birkot HaShachar before sunrise?
Question
Hello, honored rabbi.
My question is this: I wake up every morning at about 3:00 a.m. Can I pray with Birkot HaShachar and Torah and recite Tehillim and Shirat HaBriya before Shacharit, or is it mandatory to wait until after Shacharit?
Thank you.
Answer
Greetings and blessings
There is no problem with saying everything you mentioned before sunrise; there is a great mitzvah in saying songs and praises to the Creator of the world at the end of the night.
With blessings,
Binyamin Shmueli
