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* 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>
* 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>


==One plans to go 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 [[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 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 [[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>