עברית
Prayer and Blessings
One Who Was Awake All Night: Must He Recite the Morning Blessings?
Question
Hello Rabbi,
If a person was awake the entire night without sleeping, is he obligated to recite all the morning blessings?
Second question: When does the obligation to recite the blessing of Torah occur if a person was awake all night learning Torah or was occupied with work?
Thank you very much
Answer
Greetings,
1. According to the custom of the Sephardim, he must recite all the morning blessings except for the blessings of washing hands and Asher Yatzar, and if he went to relieve himself, he should recite Asher Yatzar (see Responsa Yabia Omer Volume 5, Orach Chaim, Section 6, and Responsa Yechaveh Da'at Volume 3, Section 33).
According to the custom of the Ashkenazim, if he went to relieve himself, he should also recite the blessing of washing hands (Rema, Orach Chaim 4:13, Mishna Berurah 4:22); however, he should not recite the blessings of Elokai Neshama and HaMeir Sheina unless he can ask someone else to exempt him from those blessings (see Mishna Berurah 46:24), and he should not recite the Torah blessings unless he can have someone else exempt him, or he can intend to fulfill it with the blessing of Ahavah Rabbah and learn a little right after davening (see there, 47:28).
For all customs, if he has not removed his tzitzit, he should not recite the blessing on it in the morning; nonetheless, it is proper for him to intend to exempt it with the tallit gadol (see Shulchan Aruch 8:16, Mishna Berurah 8:42, and Halachah Berurah 47:52).
2. One should bless at dawn (according to the custom of the Sephardim that even someone who was awake all night recites these blessings).
Blessings,
Hillel Meirs
