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# If one used the bathroom and forgot to say [[Asher Yatzar]] and then used the bathroom again, only one bracha should be recited to cover both uses. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 7:3 says that [[Asher Yatzar]] should be recited twice. However, most achronim including Mishna Brurah 7:6, Kaf Hachayim 7:5, and Aruch HaShulchan 7:4 quote both possibilities and conclude that because of Safek [[Brachot]] Lehakel one should not say more than one bracha. </ref> Additionally, the Aruch HaShulchan says that if one went to the bathroom but forgot to say [[Asher Yatzar]] and subsequently needed to relieve oneself again, one should first relieve oneself and then say one bracha of [[Asher Yatzar]] <ref> Aruch HaShulchan 7:4. </ref> | # If one used the bathroom and forgot to say [[Asher Yatzar]] and then used the bathroom again, only one bracha should be recited to cover both uses. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 7:3 says that [[Asher Yatzar]] should be recited twice. However, most achronim including Mishna Brurah 7:6, Kaf Hachayim 7:5, and Aruch HaShulchan 7:4 quote both possibilities and conclude that because of Safek [[Brachot]] Lehakel one should not say more than one bracha. </ref> Additionally, the Aruch HaShulchan says that if one went to the bathroom but forgot to say [[Asher Yatzar]] and subsequently needed to relieve oneself again, one should first relieve oneself and then say one bracha of [[Asher Yatzar]] <ref> Aruch HaShulchan 7:4. </ref> | ||
# A person who still feels an urge to go to the bathroom again immediately after using the bathroom (diarrhea), should only say [[Asher Yatzar]] when he feels like he has cleared his bowels. <ref> Mishna Brurah 7:2, Kaf Hachayim 7:2 </ref> | # A person who still feels an urge to go to the bathroom again immediately after using the bathroom (diarrhea), should only say [[Asher Yatzar]] when he feels like he has cleared his bowels. <ref> Mishna Brurah 7:2, Kaf Hachayim 7:2 </ref> | ||
# Women are obligated to say [[Asher Yatzar]] as well. <ref> Ben Ish Chai Vayetze Halacha 15 </ref> | # Women are obligated to say [[Asher Yatzar]] as well. <ref>Yalkut Yosef Kitzur S"A 6:3, Ben Ish Chai Vayetze Halacha 15 </ref> | ||
# One should train his children to recite asher yatzar after using the bathroom. <ref>Yalkut Yosef Kitzur S"A 6:3, Ben Ish Chai Vayetze Halacha 15 </ref> | |||
# If a person is unsure whether he recited [[Asher Yatzar]] or not, he should '''not''' recite it. <ref> Birkei Yosef 7:3 </ref> | # If a person is unsure whether he recited [[Asher Yatzar]] or not, he should '''not''' recite it. <ref> Birkei Yosef 7:3 </ref> | ||
# If no water is available to wash one's hands after relieving oneself, one should wipe one's hands on a piece of cloth or rub them against a hard surface such as a wall, and then recite [[Asher Yatzar]]. Later, when water becomes available, one should wash one's hands, but not repeat [[Asher Yatzar]]. <Ref>Birkei Yosef 7:3, S”A 4:22</Ref> | # If no water is available to wash one's hands after relieving oneself, one should wipe one's hands on a piece of cloth or rub them against a hard surface such as a wall, and then recite [[Asher Yatzar]]. Later, when water becomes available, one should wash one's hands, but not repeat [[Asher Yatzar]]. <Ref>Birkei Yosef 7:3, S”A 4:22</Ref> | ||
