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Someone who wakes up in the middle of the night whether it is to go to the bathroom quickly and jump back into bed or it is to work for several hours, several halachot are immediately relevant. These halachot include [[Netilat Yadayim]], [[Asher Yatzar]], [[Birchot Hatorah]], [[Birchot Hashachar]], and [[Doing Activities Before Davening]]. Many are collected here.
==One Who Is not Planning on Going Back to Sleep==
==One Who Is not Planning on Going Back to Sleep==
# If one wakes up in the middle of the night and does not plan on going back to sleep, according to Sephardim, one should wash [[Netilat Yadayim]] with a bracha and say [[Brachot HaTorah]]. <ref> Or Letzion (vol 2 chap 1 note 2) writes that if one is not going back to sleep one should make the [[Netilat Yadayim]] with a bracha right away. </ref> according to Ashkenazim, if after having gone to the bathroom one will still not be ready for [[davening]] and will have to go to the bathroom another time before [[davening]] (as can be expected when waking up a long time before [[davening]]), one should wash without a bracha upon awakening, after having gone to the bathroom the first time wash again without a bracha, and after having gone to the bathroom a second time and assuming one is then ready for [[davening]] wash with the bracha of Al [[Netilat Yadayim]]. Some say that one should wash the first times without a cup. <ref>
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* If one is not going to be ready for [[davening]] after having gone to the bathroom the first time, the Beiur Halacha (4:1 s.v. Afliu) presents two opinions about when it is preferable to wash one's hands with the bracha of Al [[Netilat Yadayim]]. The Chaye Adam holds that it is preferable upon [[waking up]] to wash without a bracha and when one is ready for [[davening]] to wash again with the bracha, while the Shaarei [[Teshuva]] holds that one should wash with the bracha after going to the bathroom even if one is not totally ready for [[davening]]. The Beiur Halacha rules like the Chaye Adam that upon [[waking up]] one should wash without a bracha and when one is ready for [[davening]] to wash again with the bracha.
 
 
* Rav Shlomo Zalman is quoted in Halichot Shlomo ([[Tefilla]] 2:23, pg 23) who rules like the Chaye Adam and states when one is washing one's hands after having gone to the bathroom in the morning and one knows that one will need to go to the bathroom again before [[davening]] the first time one should wash without a bracha and after going to the bathroom the second time when one is ready for [[davening]] one should wash with the bracha.
* Rav Mordechai Willig in Am Mordechai ([[Brachot]], Siman 11, pg 45-8) writes that one should go to the bathroom, wash without a cup, and then when one is ready for [[davening]] to wash again with a cup and make the bracha of Al [[Netilat Yadayim]]. </ref>
 
 
In summary
 
Sephardim:
 
wake up - bathroom - wash with bracha - Brachot HaTorah -    - daven
 
 
Ashkenazim:
 
wake up - bathroom - wash - Brachot HaTorah -    - wash with bracha - daven
 
 
Chaye Adam(Beiur Halacha, Rav Shlomo Zalman):
 
wake up - bathroom - wash - Brachot HaTorah -    - wash with bracha - daven
 
 
Rav Mordechai Willig:
 
wake up - bathroom - wash without a cup - Brachot HaTorah -    - wash with a cup and bracha - daven
 
 
==One Who Is Planning on Going Back to Sleep==
==One Who Is Planning on Going Back to Sleep==
# If one wakes up in the night to go to the bathroom, one should wash one's hands without a bracha and should not make [[Brachot HaTorah]]. <ref> Or Letzion (vol 2 chap 1:2) writes that if one is going back to sleep and one only woke up temporarily to go to the bathroom, one should make the [[Netilat Yadayim]] without a bracha. </ref>
# If one wakes up in the night to go to the bathroom, one should wash one's hands without a bracha and should not make [[Birchot HaTorah]]. After going to the bathroom, go back to sleep, and upon waking up in the morning wash with a bracha before saying Birchot Hatorah as usual.<ref> Or Letzion (vol 2 chap 1:2) writes that if one is going back to sleep and one only woke up temporarily to go to the bathroom, one should make the [[Netilat Yadayim]] without a bracha. </ref>
# If one woke up to say [[Tikkun Chatzot]] or to learn a little but plans on going back to sleep, one should wash one's hands with a bracha and make [[Brachot HaTorah]]. <ref> Or Letzion (vol 2 chap 1:2) maintains that in this scenario one should make [[Netilat Yadayim]] with a Bracha prior to [[Brachot HaShachar]]. </ref>
# If one woke up to say [[Tikkun Chatzot]] or to learn a little but plans on going back to sleep, one should wash one's hands with a bracha and make [[Birchot HaTorah]]. <ref> Or Letzion (vol 2 chap 1:2) maintains that in this scenario one should make [[Netilat Yadayim]] with a bracha prior to [[Birchot HaShachar]]. </ref>
 
 
In summary
 
 
wake up - bathroom - wash - sleep - wake up - wash with bracha - Brachot HaTorah - daven
 
 
wake up - wash with bracha - Brachot HaTorah -  learn  - sleep - wake up - wash with bracha - daven
 
or
 
wake up - wash with bracha - learn - sleep - wake up - wash with bracha - Brachot HaTorah - daven


==Saying Asher Yatzar==
==Saying Asher Yatzar==
# [[Asher Yatzar]] is recited at any time during the day <ref> Shulchan Aruch O"C 7:1. Reference from http://www.yeshiva.co/ask/?id=1962. </ref>
# [[Asher Yatzar]] is recited at any time during the day or night.<ref> Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 7:1, [http://www.yeshiva.co/ask/?id=1962]. </ref>
# One recites [[Asher Yatzar]] when getting up at night, unless one does not expect to use the bathroom again in the morning, in which case one can wait until the morning to make the Beracha <ref> MB 4:3 </ref>.
# One recites [[Asher Yatzar]] when getting up at night, unless one does not expect to use the bathroom again in the morning, in which case one can wait until the morning to make the bracha.<ref> Mishna Brurah 4:3 </ref>.


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