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# One may say Brachot HaShachar while standing or sitting. <ref>Yalkut Yosef (Birchat HaShachar pg 23) </ref>
# One may say Brachot HaShachar while standing or sitting. <ref>Yalkut Yosef (Birchat HaShachar pg 23) </ref>
# Some say that one shouldn't 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 shouldn't say Birchot HaShachar while walking or doing any other task such as getting dressed. <ref> Kaf HaChaim (Rav Chaim Palagi 9:7) </ref>
==Order of Berachot==
# Some poskim say that if you mistakenly say zokef kfufim before matir asurim that you should not go back and say matir asurim. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Birkot Hashachar, Birkot Hatorah and Psukei Dizimra 5764 page 4 since safek berachot lihakel. </ref>
# If one switched the order of the berachot of shelo asani goy, shelo asani aved, and shelo asani isha he can still recite all three. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Hilchot Birkot Hashachar, Birkot Hatorah and Psukei Dizimra 5764 page 10 </ref>
==Who is obligated in these Brachot?==
==Who is obligated in these Brachot?==
# Even though the Brachot were instituted for particular action or enjoyment, even if one doesn’t do that action or get that enjoyment the Brachot are still made, for example, one should make HaNoten LiSichvei Binah even if one didn’t hear the rooster crow, or a blind person can make the Bracha of Pokeach Ivrim. <Ref>Rama 46:8, Mishna Brurah 46:25 </ref>
# Even though the Brachot were instituted for particular action or enjoyment, even if one doesn’t do that action or get that enjoyment the Brachot are still made, for example, one should make HaNoten LiSichvei Binah even if one didn’t hear the rooster crow, or a blind person can make the Bracha of Pokeach Ivrim. <Ref>Rama 46:8, Mishna Brurah 46:25, Yalkut Yosef Hilchot Birkot Hashachar, Birkot Hatorah and Psukei Dizimra 5764 page 11. </ref>
# Women make birkot hashachar except that instead of shelo asani isha they say sheasani kiritzono without reciting Hashem's name. Instead of shelo asani aved, they say shelo asani shifcha and instead of shelo asani goy they say shelo asani goya. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Hilchot Birkot Hashachar, Birkot Hatorah and Psukei Dizimra 5764 page 26. </ref>
# If a blind person wants he can recite pokeach ivrim but if he asks, we tell him not to recite it because safek berachot lihakel. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Birkot Hashachar, Birkot Hatorah and Psukei Dizimra 5764 page 27. </ref>
# A convert cannot recite shelo asani goy but if he wants he can recite it without Hashem's name. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Birkot Hashachar, Birkot Hatorah and Psukei Dizimra 5764 page 31. </ref>  
==If one didn’t sleep==
==If one didn’t sleep==
# Even if didn’t sleep at all at night, Ashkenazim may make all the Brachot HaShachar oneself except for Elokei Nishama, HaMaavir Sheynah, and Brachot HaTorah which one should hear from someone who did sleep. <Ref> Rama 46:8, Mishna Brurah 46:24 </ref>Sephardim may make all the Brachot HaShachar (including Brachot HaTorah) except for [[Netilat Yadayim]] (and Asher Yatzer which he could make himself if he goes to the bathroom). <ref>Kaf HaChaim 46:49, Sh"t Yabea Omer 5:6, Tefillah KeHilchata (chap 9 note 159) quoting Chacham Ben Tzion Abba Shaul. </ref>
# Even if didn’t sleep at all at night, Ashkenazim may make all the Brachot HaShachar oneself except for Elokei Nishama, HaMaavir Sheynah, and Brachot HaTorah which one should hear from someone who did sleep. <Ref> Rama 46:8, Mishna Brurah 46:24 </ref>Sephardim may make all the Brachot HaShachar (including Brachot HaTorah) except for [[Netilat Yadayim]] (and Asher Yatzer which he could make himself if he goes to the bathroom). <ref>Kaf HaChaim 46:49, Sh"t Yabea Omer 5:6, Tefillah KeHilchata (chap 9 note 159) quoting Chacham Ben Tzion Abba Shaul, Yalkut Yosef Birkot Hashachar, Birkot Hatorah and Psukei Dizimra 5764 page 13 </ref>


==If one forgot to say Brachot HaShachar==
==If one forgot to say Brachot HaShachar==
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==When to say Birchot HaTorah==
==When to say Birchot HaTorah==
# One should say Birchot HaTorah prior to saying any pesukim as tefillah. <Ref>S”A 46:9, Mishna Brurah 46:27 </ref>
# One should say Birchot HaTorah prior to saying any pesukim as tefillah. <Ref>S”A 46:9, Mishna Brurah 46:27 </ref>
==Elokai Neshama==
#One should pause between the words elokai and neshama so as not to give the impression that the neshama is his G-d. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Hilchot Birkot Hashachar, Birkot Hatorah and Psukei Dizimra 5764 page 1 </ref>
# Ideally, one should say elokai neshama in connection with asher yatzar or any other beracha that begins with the words baruch. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Hilchot Birkot Hashachar, Birkot Hatorah and Psukei Dizimra 5764 page 21 </ref>
==Text==
==Text==
# For Hebrew text of Birchot Haschachar [http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=6756&st=&pgnum=51 click here] and continue to go to the next page or [http://he.wikisource.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A8_%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%94_%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A8%5C%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%97%D7%A8 click here].
# For Hebrew text of Birchot Haschachar [http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=6756&st=&pgnum=51 click here] and continue to go to the next page or [http://he.wikisource.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A8_%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%94_%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A8%5C%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%97%D7%A8 click here].