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Question

What is the correct procedure of morning rituals when one awakens around midnight, and doesn’t intend to go back to sleep?

For example, if one awakens slightly after midnight, when should one:

• Do ????? ??????
• Say ?????? ????????
• Say ????? ???????
• Say the morning ??? ???—what if he uses the bathroom upon awakening? What if he doesn’t need to, so he waits until morning?

And so on.

What about when someone awakens slightly before midnight?

Answer 1

The Shulchan Aruch in Orach Chaim 47:13 states:

?????? ???? ??? ???? ????? ???? ???' ????' ????? ???? ????? ????? ????? ???? ????? ?????? ???? ??? ???? ???? ?? ??? ?????? ??? ????? ????? ????? ???? ????? ????? [?"? ??' ?' ???? ?'] ?????? ??????? ?? ????? ????: ??? ??????? ???? ???? ???? ????? ????? ??? ?? ??? ?? ??? ???? ????? ????? ??? ????? ??? ???? ????? ????? ???? ????? ?????? ???? ?"? [????]:

Those who wake early, before the light of day, to study, bless the Blessings of the Torah; and there is no need to go back and bless [again] when one goes to the synagogue. Those who wake early before the light of day bless the entire order of blessings other than the blessing of "who gives the rooster understanding" and the section of the daily offering [see above, Chapter 1, Section 6]; in that, one waits to say them until the light of day. (Gloss: ab initio, one washes one's hands prior to blessing for study, but if one did not have water, one can learn and bless without washing as with the rest of blessing that one blesses before washing as above, Chapter 46 [Agur].)