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==How to Make the Brachot==
==How to Make the Brachot==
# One may say Birchot HaShachar while standing or sitting. <ref>Yalkut Yosef (Birchat HaShachar pg 23) </ref> Some have the practice to stand.<ref>Ishei Yisrael 5:14</ref>
# One may say Birchot HaShachar while standing or sitting. <ref>Pri Megadim (Peticha Lehilchot Brachot no. 18), Pri Megadim M"Z 432:2, Ishei Yisrael 5:14, Yalkut Yosef (Birchat HaShachar pg 23) </ref> The Ashkenazic practice is to stand.<ref>Ishei Yisrael 5:14 writes that some have the practice to stand. Pitchei Teshuva 46:3 writes that the Ashkenazic minhag is to stand and a person shouldn't deviate from that practice unless they are sick or old. The minhag to stand is sourced in the Mekor Chaim 46:2 and Siddur Yaavetz (prior to Netilat Yadayim in the morning).</ref>
# Some say that one should not say Birchot HaShachar while walking or doing any other task such as getting dressed. <ref> Kaf HaChaim (Rav Chaim Palagi 9:7) </ref>
# Some say that one should not say Birchot HaShachar while walking or doing any other task such as getting dressed. <ref> Kaf HaChaim (Rav Chaim Palagi 9:7) </ref>
# Birchot HaShachar should be recited individually, so even if somebody makes the brachot aloud, one should say "amen" and have in mind to not be yotze through them. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 6:4, Aruch Hashulchan 6:13 </ref>
# Birchot HaShachar should be recited individually, so even if somebody makes the brachot aloud, one should say "amen" and have in mind to not be yotze through them. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 6:4, Aruch Hashulchan 6:13 </ref>