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Waking Up in the Morning הלכות הנהגת אדם בבוקר

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1Laws of Waking Up in the MorningSiman 1 · 59 seifim
  1. 1.We learned in Tractate Avot: Yehudah ben Teima says,…
  2. 2.A person needs that it should be with him…
  3. 3.One needs to rise early in the morning so…
  4. 4.A person should not think, regarding sleep, that the…
  5. 5.It is fitting for a person to refrain from…
  6. 6.There are those who say that it is fitting…
  7. 7.One who learns Torah at night until a late…
  8. 8.When he awakens from his sleep he should wait…
  9. 9.Immediately upon awakening from his sleep he should testify…
  10. 10.The essence of the day is its beginning and…
  11. 11.A minor who knows how to speak — it…
  12. 12.What King David, peace be upon him, said: 'I…
  13. 13.The correct segulot for strengthening a person in fear…
  14. 14.It has already been explained that one who fulfills…
  15. 15.One who dwells in a place of gentiles —…
  16. 16.And in any case, a person should conceal and…
  17. 17.One who performs a mitzvah or an act of…
  18. 18.Before the tefillah of Shacharit, a person needs to…
  19. 19.They were accustomed to say every morning before the…
  20. 20.It is better [to say] a little tachanunim with…
  21. 21.The custom of the Arizal, may his memory be…
  22. 22.It is good to say Parashat HaAkedah every day,…
  23. 23.Our custom is to say Parashat HaAkedah also on…
  24. 24.However, one who is delayed in coming to the…
  25. 25.After the recitation of Parashat HaAkedah, they say the…
  26. 26.It is good to say Parashat HaTamid every day.…
  27. 27.Even yeshivah students and talmidei chachamim should make an…
  28. 28.The custom is to say the korbanot and the…
  29. 29.One should make an effort to say the korbanot…
  30. 30.There are those accustomed to say the portion of…
  31. 31.One should say, in the house of mourning, in…
  32. 32.Our custom is to say Parashat HaKorbanot while seated,…
  33. 33.There are those who say that women need to…
  34. 34.Ideally, one should say Parashat HaAkedah and the Tamid,…
  35. 35.The portions of the korbanot should be said only…
  36. 36.Workers who rise early can rely on those who…
  37. 37.It is permitted to say, in the tefillah of…
  38. 38.It is good to say Pitum HaKetoret every morning…
  39. 39.It is good and proper to say the eleven…
  40. 40.There are those accustomed to write Parashat Pitum HaKetoret…
  41. 41.They were accustomed to write the verse 'I have…
  42. 42.There are those accustomed to say every day Parashat…
  43. 43.It is proper and correct for every God-fearing person…
  44. 44.Our custom is that at the time of reciting…
  45. 45.In the days of Bein HaMetzarim, many have the…
  46. 46.One should not recite Tikkun Chatzot before midnight, and…
  47. 47.The time of the midnight point, for the purpose…
  48. 48.The time of midnight, for the purpose of reciting…
  49. 49.Lechatchilah it is good to recite Tikkun Leah before…
  50. 50.A congregation, part of whom wish to recite Tikkun…
  51. 51.Some say that women should not recite Tikkun Chatzot,…
  52. 52.Even a talmid chacham who has reached the level…
  53. 53.It is preferable to recite Tikkun Chatzot, even though…
  54. 54.One does not recite 'Tikkun Chatzot' in the house…
  55. 55.Tikkun Chatzot is divided into two parts: the first…
  56. 56.On the night of Tisha B'Av, one recites only…
  57. 57.In the Land of Israel, the custom is not…
  58. 58.In several places the custom is to recite Vidui…
  59. 59.One does not recite Tikkun Rachel in a house…
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2The Law of Getting Dressed and Covering the HeadSiman 2 · 28 seifim
  1. 1.He should be careful to be modest when he…
  2. 2.Even in a place where it is not possible…
  3. 3.He should be careful with his clothing not to…
  4. 4.And likewise he should be careful that a bad…
  5. 5.When he puts on his clothes, it is proper…
  6. 6.When he puts on his shoes he should first…
  7. 7.A left-handed person, who puts on tefillin on the…
  8. 8.A shoe that is tied on the right side…
  9. 9.A woman — there are those who say that…
  10. 10.One who removes his shoes in order to put…
  11. 11.He should be careful not to put on two…
  12. 12.Shoes upon which there are galoshes, which one is…
  13. 13.He should not place his clothing under his head-rest…
  14. 14.One should not walk with an upright, erect posture,…
  15. 15.One should not walk four amot with an uncovered…
  16. 16.It is a matter of piety to be particular…
  17. 17.It is permitted to walk in the bathhouse with…
  18. 18.From the letter of the law there is no…
  19. 19.One should educate the young children and accustom them…
  20. 20.If the head covering falls, and he goes to…
  21. 21.It is forbidden to recite a berachah or to…
  22. 22.One who is compelled to remain with an uncovered…
  23. 23.One who was with an uncovered head, and heard…
  24. 24.One who works in a place where they do…
  25. 25.It is permitted to greet one's fellow with 'shalom,'…
  26. 26.One who sits before the barber to get a…
  27. 27.One should not walk barefoot on ground that is…
  28. 28.A baal teshuvah who wishes to afflict himself and…
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3Conduct in the BathroomSiman 3 · 25 seifim
  1. 1.It is the way of alacrity and cleanliness to…
  2. 2.Our Sages said: whoever holds back his bodily needs…
  3. 3.However, one who restrains himself from passing wind does…
  4. 4.It is not proper to hold back the mucus…
  5. 5.One who is in the middle of hearing the…
  6. 6.He should not sit down quickly and forcefully, and…
  7. 7.In the time of our Rabbis, the Sages of…
  8. 8.One who goes out to relieve himself must conduct…
  9. 9.One who is in the beit hakisei should not…
  10. 10.It is stated in the Torah: 'and your camp…
  11. 11.One must be careful that when building a new…
  12. 12.Even though it is forbidden to contemplate words of…
  13. 13.Lechatchilah, one should not enter the beit hakisei when…
  14. 14.Indeed, one must be very careful regarding the sanctity…
  15. 15.One who is engaged in Torah study and is…
  16. 16.One should not read grammar books that were composed…
  17. 17.According to the essential law, it is permitted to…
  18. 18.He should be careful to wipe himself well with…
  19. 19.It is good to be particular with a minor…
  20. 20.He should not wipe with the right hand. And…
  21. 21.One who urinates on the ground should not urinate…
  22. 22.He should be careful, at the time that he…
  23. 23.One should be stringent lechatchilah not to bring foods…
  24. 24.According to all opinions, it is permitted to enter…
  25. 25.He may arrange his bed as he wishes, but…
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4Laws of the Morning HandwashingSiman 4 · 78 seifim
  1. 1.Every day, after he rises from his bed, he…
  2. 2.If he has no vessel to wash his hands…
  3. 3.One who has no vessel, and before him there…
  4. 4.When he comes to wash his hands in the…
  5. 5.A left-handed person washes his hands in the order…
  6. 6.One must wash all the fingers and the palm…
  7. 7.On Tisha B'Av and on Yom Kippur, one washes…
  8. 8.One who has a wound on one hand, and…
  9. 9.If he stayed awake the whole night, there is…
  10. 10.Indeed, one who stays awake at night until after…
  11. 11.One who intends to go to sleep after midnight…
  12. 12.One who rose early before amud hashachar and washed…
  13. 13.One who sleeps during the day, there is room…
  14. 14.One should not have netilat yadayim shacharit performed for…
  15. 15.One who washed his hands in the morning, and…
  16. 16.The obligation of netilat yadayim applies also to women,…
  17. 17.One should train his young sons and daughters to…
  18. 18.One should not wash his hands in the morning…
  19. 19.Nevertheless, it is permitted to perform netilat yadayim shacharit…
  20. 20.One who washes his hands in the morning must…
  21. 21.If he washed his hands and is in doubt…
  22. 22.If he forgot to wash his hands and transgressed…
  23. 23.If he recited 'who has sanctified us with His…
  24. 24.One who needed to relieve himself and went to…
  25. 25a.One who is sleeping at night on his bed…
  26. 25b.One who wakes at night to relieve himself, and…
  27. 26.One who wakes at night, and it is a…
  28. 27.Even though, lechatchilah, one should not study Torah or…
  29. 28.One who hears the sound of thunder while lying…
  30. 29.One who has no water to wash his hands…
  31. 30.And how much more so is it permitted to…
  32. 31.One who sleeps with gloves — even according to…
  33. 32.Lechatchilah, one should be careful not to touch any…
  34. 33.One should not touch sacred books before netilat yadayim…
  35. 34.It is permitted to buy bread from a bakery…
  36. 35.Regarding foods that it is known for certain were…
  37. 36.Indeed, regarding foods and drinks that were placed under…
  38. 37.Even though it is not proper to have one's…
  39. 38.One who sleeps a fixed sleep during the day…
  40. 39.It is permitted to smell tobacco before netilat yadayim…
  41. 40.One who rises from his bed in the morning…
  42. 41.It is permitted to study and to recite berachot…
  43. 42.These are the matters that require netilat yadayim with…
  44. 43.One who cuts his nails — even if he…
  45. 44.And likewise, if he has a haircut and leaves…
  46. 45.One who hears a berachah or a Kaddish while…
  47. 46.One who touches the covered places on his body,…
  48. 47.One who touches shoes or sandals requires netilat yadayim.…
  49. 48.One who removed his shoes without touching them does…
  50. 49.One who touches house slippers requires netilat yadayim, just…
  51. 50.One who touches boots, even though they are tall…
  52. 51.One who washes the hair of his head, regarding…
  53. 52.One who scratches the hair of his beard —…
  54. 53.One should wash his hands after a haircut, even…
  55. 54.One who cuts the hair of others' heads requires…
  56. 55.One who leaves a cemetery, and likewise one who…
  57. 56.One who enters the graves of the righteous, such…
  58. 57.Even one who enters a cemetery of non-Jews requires…
  59. 58.Some say that one who leaves after visiting hospitals…
  60. 59.Some have the custom, when they return from a…
  61. 60.One who returns from a funeral should not wash…
  62. 61.One who touches his own body requires netilat yadayim,…
  63. 62.Some say that even if he came up from…
  64. 63.One who touches his feet must wash his hands…
  65. 64.Some say that one who touches a non-Jew requires…
  66. 65.One who touches the mucus of the nose or…
  67. 66.Young students who touch their legs in the middle…
  68. 67.If he touched, with one hand, something that requires…
  69. 68.One must be careful not to touch the shin…
  70. 69.One who puts on tefillin should, lechatchilah, be careful…
  71. 70.Those who are accustomed to wearing short sleeves are…
  72. 71.One who gives blood for a test and did…
  73. 72.One who touches a louse requires netilat yadayim, and…
  74. 73.One who touches non-kosher animals, such as a cat…
  75. 74.One who touches someone who requires netilat yadayim according…
  76. 75.One who had no water for netilat yadayim shacharit,…
  77. 76.It is good to rinse the mouth in the…
  78. 77.One who touches the vessel designated for young children…
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+Netilat Yadayim for One Who Leaves the Beit HaKiseiNetilat Yadayim for One Who Leaves the Beit HaKisei · 23 seifim
  1. 78.One who exits the beit hakisei must wash his…
  2. 79.One who enters the beit hakisei only to take…
  3. 80.One who exits beit hakisei after having relieved himself,…
  4. 81.One who exits beit hakisei is permitted to touch…
  5. 82.One who washes his hands after doing his needs,…
  6. 83.A bathroom that has no beit hakisei there, and…
  7. 84.A beit hakisei in which there is a faucet…
  8. 85.If one made a partition of boards eighty centimeters…
  9. 86.A lavatory that is on a train, and likewise…
  10. 87.Uncovered water that the night passed over is fit…
  11. 88.Also one who exits a beit hakisei designated only…
  12. 89.It has already been explained that a bathroom in…
  13. 90.It is permitted lechatchilah to bring foods and beverages…
  14. 91.It is permitted to pass through a bathroom which…
  15. 92.The one who wants to drink water for his…
  16. 93.The one who is found in the inner room…
  17. 94.One who is found inside the inner room of…
  18. 95.In a place of need it is permitted to…
  19. 96.One who enters the room of the mikveh of…
  20. 97.One who enters to bathe in a bathtub or…
  21. 98.One who enters a bathhouse or a mikveh to…
  22. 99.One who inserted one of his hands into the…
  23. 100.One who exits the bathhouse after having bathed there,…
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5Intent in the BlessingsSiman 5 · 8 seifim
  1. 1.In the berachot, he should have kavanah for the…
  2. 2.Some say that one must have the aforementioned kavanah…
  3. 3.There is one who says that a person may…
  4. 4.One must be careful, in all the berachot, to…
  5. 5.One must be particular, in the mention of the…
  6. 6.It is the custom of the Sephardim to pronounce…
  7. 7.Some have the custom of saying 'Leshem Yichud' before…
  8. 8.Our Sages said: one who pronounces the Name according…
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6The Law of the Blessings of Asher Yatzar and Elokai NeshamahSiman 6 · 18 seifim
  1. 1.After doing his needs, whether major or minor, one…
  2. 2.It has already been explained above that this washing…
  3. 3.Women, too, are obligated in the berachah of Asher…
  4. 4.One who does his needs, whether major or minor,…
  5. 5.One who needed to relieve himself, and if he…
  6. 6.Regarding the berachah of Asher Yatzar, some have the…
  7. 7.Our custom is to say 'afilu sha'ah achat' [even…
  8. 8.Our custom is to conclude 'Rofei chol basar u'mafli…
  9. 9.One who erred and did not conclude the berachah…
  10. 10.It is proper and correct that one not dry…
  11. 11.One who needed to relieve himself, and after he…
  12. 12.One who forgot to recite Asher Yatzar before the…
  13. 13.One who rises in the morning and feels that…
  14. 14.It has already been explained above that one who…
  15. 15.One who relieved himself and left the beit hakisei,…
  16. 16.One recites, in the morning, all of Birkot HaShachar,…
  17. 17.The berachah of 'Elokai Neshamah' comes to give thanks…
  18. 18.Some have the custom that after one person recites…
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7Reciting Asher Yatzar All Day After UrinatingSiman 7 · 16 seifim
  1. 1.All day, whenever he does his needs, whether minor…
  2. 2.There is no minimum measure for urination — even…
  3. 3.One who suffers from constipation, and on a doctor's…
  4. 4.One who drinks sharp beverages, and this causes him…
  5. 5.A sick person who urinates many times and with…
  6. 6.Even one who gave a little urine for a…
  7. 7.One who urinates blood — some say that since…
  8. 8.One who urinates by means of a catheter device,…
  9. 9.One who ate a kezayit of fruit, becoming obligated…
  10. 10.One who urinated and did not recite Asher Yatzar,…
  11. 11.One who urinated and forgot to recite Asher Yatzar,…
  12. 12.One who left the beit hakisei and had no…
  13. 13.One who is in doubt whether he recited 'Asher…
  14. 14.One who contemplated the berachah of Asher Yatzar in…
  15. 15.One who is in the middle of the berachah…
  16. 16.An onen who does his needs does not recite…
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