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For more general halachos of going to sleep and [[waking up]] see the [[Halachos of Sleep]] and [[Waking Up]] pages.
For more general halachos of going to sleep and [[waking up]] see the [[Halachot of Sleep]] and [[Waking Up]] pages.
==Order of the [[Kriyat Shema]] Al HaMitah==
==Order of the [[Kriyat Shema]] Al HaMitah==
# When saying [[Krias Shema Al HaMita]], preferably one should say all three paragraphs of Shema, but at least one should say the first paragraph of the Shema and then say Birchat Hamapil. <ref>Mishna Brurah 239:1</ref>If one feels that one will fall asleep saying Shema in which case say Birchat Hamapil earlier and then Shema.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 239:1 writes that one should first say Shema and then say the bracha of Hamapil in order to recite Hamapil as close to going to sleep as possible. Mishna Brurah 239:2 writes that if one feels that one will fall asleep while saying Shema one should say Hamapil first. </ref> The Sephardic minhag is to say Birchat Hamapil before Shema.<ref>Yalkut Yosef ([[Brachot]] pg 667)</ref>
# When saying [[Krias Shema Al HaMita]], preferably one should say all three paragraphs of Shema, but at least one should say the first paragraph of the Shema and then say Birchat Hamapil. <ref>Mishna Brurah 239:1</ref>If one feels that one will fall asleep saying Shema in which case say Birchat Hamapil earlier and then Shema.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 239:1 writes that one should first say Shema and then say the bracha of Hamapil in order to recite Hamapil as close to going to sleep as possible. Mishna Brurah 239:2 writes that if one feels that one will fall asleep while saying Shema one should say Hamapil first. </ref> The Sephardic minhag is to say Birchat Hamapil before Shema.<ref>Yalkut Yosef ([[Brachot]] pg 667)</ref>