When Is the Earliest and Latest Time to Pray?: Difference between revisions

#The earliest time to say [[Birchot HaShachar|''birchot hashachar'']] is from [[Chatzot|''chatzot'']] (halachic midnight). <ref>Magen Avraham 47:13, Kaf HaChaim 46:49, Or Letzion (vol 2, 4:9) </ref> Initially one should say ''hanoten lesechvi binah'' after ''alot hashachar''. However, if one did say it after ''chatzos'', they have fulfilled their obligation.<ref>Rosh (Teshuva 4:1) writes that initially one shouldn't say Hamotzei Lesechvi until Olot. Shulchan Aruch 47:13 codifies this. Magen Avraham 47:13 cites the Arizal who says that all of the brachot can be said after Chatzot but the Magen Avraham qualifies this to where one actually heard the rooster crow. Either way he concludes that it is better to be strict to wait until olot. Mishna Brurah 47:31, Biur Halacha 47:13, and Peninei Halacha (Tefillah 9:5) agree. </ref>

#''Baruch sheamar'' should be said after [[Olot HaShachar|''alot hachachar'']] which is 72 minutes (in [[Shaot Zmaniot]]) before [[HaNetz|''hanetz'']].<ref>Halacha Brurah 1:16 </ref> Others say that it may be said before ''alot hashachar.''<ref>Ishei Yisrael 16:15, footnote ibid.48</ref>

#The earliest time that one should put on [[Tallit|''tallit'']] is [[MeSheYakir|''misheyakir'']], which is one hour (in [[Shaot Zmaniot]]) before ''[[HaNetz|hanetz.]]''<ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 18:3</ref> Ashkenazim, if they must, may put on ''tallit'' as early as ''alot hashachar''; yet they should not make a ''bracha'' until ''me'she'yakir.''<ref>Rema O.C. 18:3; Mishna Berura ibid. 10 </ref> When making the ''bracha'', one should feel the ''tzitzit.''<ref>Rema O.C. 18:3</ref> If one already made a ''bracha'' they should not repeat it, even if they made it before ''alot hashachar''.<ref>Mishna Berura 18:10</ref>

#The earliest time that one should lay ''tefillin is misheyakir.''<ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 30:1</ref>