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After relieving oneself, one is obligated to say the [[brachot|bracha]] of Asher Yatzar. Chazal instituted that one should recite [[Asher Yatzar]] after relieving oneself. The bracha was instituted for a person to give praise to Hashem for creating man with great wisdom. <Ref>S”A 7:1, Ben Ish Chai Vayetseh #15</ref> | After relieving oneself, one is obligated to say the [[brachot|bracha]] of Asher Yatzar. Chazal instituted that one should recite [[Asher Yatzar]] after relieving oneself. The bracha was instituted for a person to give praise to Hashem for creating man with great wisdom. <Ref>Gemara Berachot 60b, S”A 7:1, Ben Ish Chai Vayetseh #15</ref> | ||
==Obligation== | ==Obligation== | ||
# Any time one goes to the bathroom (urinating or moving one's bowels) one is obligated to say the bracha of [[Asher Yatzar]]. <ref> S”A 7:1 based on a statement of Abaye in [[Brachot]] 60b he writes that anytime one goes to the bathroom one is obligated to say [[Asher Yatzar]]. </ref>[[Asher Yatzar]] is said every time that one releases excrement, even if it was a minute amount <ref>Shulchan Aruch 7:4, Aruch HaShulchan 7:5, Teshuvot Harosh 4:1 </ref> This applies to both solid and liquid waste. <ref> Aruch Hashulchan 7:1 </ref> | # Any time one goes to the bathroom (urinating or moving one's bowels) one is obligated to say the bracha of [[Asher Yatzar]]. <ref> S”A 7:1 based on a statement of Abaye in [[Brachot]] 60b he writes that anytime one goes to the bathroom one is obligated to say [[Asher Yatzar]]. </ref>[[Asher Yatzar]] is said every time that one releases excrement, even if it was a minute amount <ref>Shulchan Aruch 7:4, Aruch HaShulchan 7:5, Teshuvot Harosh 4:1 </ref> This applies to both solid and liquid waste. <ref> Aruch Hashulchan 7:1, Shulchan Aruch 7:4 </ref> | ||
# One should | # One should recite asher yatzar after using the bathroom, even if he only went to check if he needed to use such as before davening. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Kitzur S"A 7:2 </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> | |||
==Who is Obligated?== | |||
# Women are obligated to say [[Asher Yatzar]] as well. <ref>Yalkut Yosef Kitzur S"A 6:3, 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> | # 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> | ||
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# | ==Unique Circumstances== | ||
# 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, Yalkut Yosef Kitzur S"A 7:3 </ref> One who feels the need to urinate immediately after urinating because of cold weather however, should recite asher yatzar anyway. <ref> Kitzur S"A Yalkut Yosef 7:3 </ref> | |||
# One who urinates to get his urine tested should still say Asher Yatzar. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Kitzur S"A 7:6 </ref> | |||
# Some poskim hold that you should not recite asher yatzar if there was blood in your excrement. <ref> Shevet Hakehati 2:2. see also Yalkut Yosef Kitzur S"A 7:7 </ref> | |||
===Catheter=== | |||
# One who is on a catheter, should recite asher yatzar, each time he feels that he has finished relieving himself. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Kitzur S"A 7:8. see also Har Tzvi 1:6 and Tzitz Eliezer 8:1:3 </ref> | |||
==If one Didn't Recite it Immediately== | |||
# One should say [[Asher Yatzar]] immediately after using the bathroom. <ref> Mishna Brurah 7:6. </ref> However, if one did not say it immediately, many authorities hold that one can still say it for 72 minutes after going to the bathroom. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Kitzur S"A 6:3 and Halacha Brurah 7:5 write that one has up to 72 minutes after having used the bathroom, as long as one doesn't need it again. Similarly, Sh"t Yechave Daat 4:5 says that if you only remembered after 72 minutes, one should say the bracha without Shem U'Malchut. On the other hand, Sh"t Be'er Moshe (2:10 2; 4:4 1) writes that one could say the brocha even up to an hour or two after using the restroom, as long as one does not have the urge to once again use the restroom. </ref> Yet, other authorities say that one should not say it if 30 minutes past after going to the bathroom.<ref>Rivevot Efraim 8:2 writes that he originally ruled like Rav Ovadyah wrote in Yachave Daat (see previous note) that one may say it up until 72 minutes, however, after seeing many others who argued he said that one should be concerned for the opinion that says that one should not say it past 30 minutes after going to the bathroom. See also Rav Ovadyah in Yabia Omer 9:3 in his response to the author of the Revivot Efraim on this issue. See also Ben Ish Chai (Vayetze #12) who writes that one should not say [[Asher Yatzar]] 30 minutes after having gone to the bathroom.</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, Yalkut Yosef Kitzur S"A 7:10 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 a person is unsure whether he recited [[Asher Yatzar]] or not, he should '''not''' recite it. One may however, think the beracha in his head without reciting the words. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Kitzur S"A 7:13, Birkei Yosef 7:3 </ref> | |||
==Asher Yatzar vs. Other Berachot== | |||
# If one uses the bathroom and additionally needs to recite boreh nefashot on food that he ate, asher yatzar should be recited first. <ref> Mishna Brura 7:2 says this based on tadir visheayno tadir, tadir kodem. Yalkut Yosef Kitzur S"A 7:9</ref> | |||
# If one uses the bathroom and then needs to recite asher yatzar as well as birkat hamazon or al hamichya, birkat hamazon or al hamichya take precedence. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Kitzur S"A 7:9 </ref> | |||
# One may recite asher yatzar after the beracha of hamapil if he uses the bathroom.<ref> Halichot Shlomo 20:44, Sh"t Yechave data 4:21, Sh"t Tzitz Eliezer 7:27, Sh"t beer Moshe 1:63 </ref> | |||
# If one left the bathroom and then heard thunder or saw lightning before reciting asher yatzar, he should recite the beracha on the thunder or lightning because the time for those passes quickly. <ref> Mishna Brura 227:12 </ref> | |||
==Asher Yatzar as Part of Birchot HaShachar== | ==Asher Yatzar as Part of Birchot HaShachar== | ||
# In the morning, one who goes to the bathroom should make the bracha of [[Asher Yatzar]]. If one slept (more than 30 minutes) then, according to Ashkenazim, one should make the bracha of [[Asher Yatzar]] even if one did not go to the bathroom. <Ref> Rama 4:1 writes that one should make [[Asher Yatzar]] even if one did not go to the bathroom. Mishna Brurah 4:3 comments that this is only true if one slept at night. This is based on the pasuk: Emunatecha Rabba LeBekarim Chadashim, They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness (Eicha 3:23). </ref> One must have slept in one's bed for at least a half hour after halachic midnight. <ref> Igrot Moshe 1:4:1, Kesot HaShulchan, 5:2</Ref> | # In the morning, one who goes to the bathroom should make the bracha of [[Asher Yatzar]]. If one slept (more than 30 minutes) then, according to Ashkenazim, one should make the bracha of [[Asher Yatzar]] even if one did not go to the bathroom. <Ref> Rama 4:1 writes that one should make [[Asher Yatzar]] even if one did not go to the bathroom. Mishna Brurah 4:3 comments that this is only true if one slept at night. This is based on the pasuk: Emunatecha Rabba LeBekarim Chadashim, They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness (Eicha 3:23). </ref> One must have slept in one's bed for at least a half hour after halachic midnight. <ref> Igrot Moshe 1:4:1, Kesot HaShulchan, 5:2</Ref> | ||
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According to Sephardim, one should not say [[Asher Yatzar]] unless one went to the bathroom.<ref>Kaf HaChaim 4:9</ref> | * According to Sephardim, one should not say [[Asher Yatzar]] unless one went to the bathroom.<ref>Kaf HaChaim 4:9</ref> | ||
# If one woke in the middle of the night and went to the bathroom, one should make [[Asher Yatzar]] then and another [[Asher Yatzar]] in the morning. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 4:3 writes that it is preferable to make [[Asher Yatzar]] after one goes to the bathroom and not to push it off until [[Davening]], because it is likely one will one go again and then not have made an [[Asher Yatzar]] for having gone the first time. </ref> | # If one woke in the middle of the night and went to the bathroom, one should make [[Asher Yatzar]] then and another [[Asher Yatzar]] in the morning. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 4:3 writes that it is preferable to make [[Asher Yatzar]] after one goes to the bathroom and not to push it off until [[Davening]], because it is likely one will one go again and then not have made an [[Asher Yatzar]] for having gone the first time. </ref> | ||
# Although elokai neshama is not a beracha hasemucha lachaverta, one should still make an effort to recite it immediately after asher yatzar. <ref> Mishna Brura 6:12, Yalkut Yosef Kitzur S"A 6:16 </ref> | |||
==Understanding Asher Yatzar== | ==Understanding Asher Yatzar== | ||
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# Nekavim mainly refers to the mouth and the organ used for excretion but is written twice to include every orifice <ref> Aruch HaShulchan 6:2 </ref> | # Nekavim mainly refers to the mouth and the organ used for excretion but is written twice to include every orifice <ref> Aruch HaShulchan 6:2 </ref> | ||
==Text== | |||
# While sephardim recite the yisatem before yipate'ach, <ref> S"A 6:1, Kaf Hachaim 6:1 </ref>Ashkenazim reverse that order and recite yipate'ach before yisatem. <ref> Mishna Brura 6:2 </ref> | |||
# Although some authorities conclude the beracha rofeh "cholei'' kol basar umafli laasot, this is not the common practice. <ref> Mishna Brura 6:5, Kaf Hachaim 6:1 </ref> | |||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
# Ten Minute Halacha on [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/792230/Rabbi_Aryeh_Lebowitz/Ten_Minute_Halacha_-_The_Beracha_of_Asher_Yatzar The Beracha of Asher Yatzar] by Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz | # Ten Minute Halacha on [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/792230/Rabbi_Aryeh_Lebowitz/Ten_Minute_Halacha_-_The_Beracha_of_Asher_Yatzar The Beracha of Asher Yatzar] by Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz | ||
