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==One isn't going back to sleep==
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# If one wakes up in the middle of the night and doesn't plan on going back to sleep, 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 isn't going back to sleep one should make the Netilat Yadayim with a bracha right away. </ref>
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 plans to go back to sleep==
==One Who Is not Planning on Going Back to Sleep==
# If one woke up to got to the bathroom, one should wash one's hands without a bracha and don't 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>
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# If one woke up to got to say Tikkun Chatzot or to learn a little but plans to go back to sleep, one should wash one's hands with a bracha and make Brachot HaTorah. <ref> Or Letzion (vol 2 chap 1:2) writes that if one is going back to sleep and one woke up to say Tikkun Chatzot or to learn, one should make the Netilat Yadayim without a bracha prior to Brachot HaShachar. </ref>
==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 [[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 [[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>


==References==
==Saying Asher Yatzar==
# [[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 bracha.<ref> Mishna Brurah 4:3 </ref>.
 
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