You need to learn Torah immediately after making the bracha on learning torah 📚

-Thats why we say “יברכך”… which are the Pesukim of Birkas Kohanim, and both of the אלו דברים which are Mishna and Gemara immediately afterwards so that we learn מקרא, משנה, וגמרא connected to our bracha 🫴🏻

1) Very strict to not learn תורה for the sake of learning תורה before saying ברכות התורה 📚🙏

2) Sfardim say “על דברי תורה”; while Ashkenazim say “לעסוק בדברי תורה” and then continue on and say “והערב נא” followed by אשר בחר בנו״👨🏽👨🏻

-Don’t say אמן after you hear someone the words “לעסוק בדברי תורה” even though it sounds like the conclusion of the bracha because the bracha continutes

1) You have to be extremely careful with ברכות התורה ⚠️

-many rishonim say that ברכות התורה is דאורייתא 🌄

-Gemara says that one of the reasons the בית המקדש was destroyed was because showed a lack of כבוד to the תורה by being lax in ברכות התורה🫡

2) Have to say ברכות התורה with a sense of שמחה 😁😁 that Hashem gives us the ability to learn torah

3) One must say ברכות התורה before starting learning for the day, no matter what you’re learning 📚

1) The bracha of אלקי נשמה and “המעביר שנה מעיני” shouldn’t be said by someone who was up all night ❌😴

-Rather, he should have someone else say the bracha for and him he should have in mind to be יוצא through him 🫵🏻

-Because, they are Brachos specified to YOU as an individual and therefore you can’t say them if they don’t currently apply to you

Very important to say ברכות השחר at the proper time which is before you daven 🙏🙏🙏

WHY? One reason is Because anyone who benefits from anything in this world without a bracha, it’s as if he stole from Hashem and is being מעל, taking personal benefit from הקדש🌎🥷🏻 So we cover all our bases as soon as possible!

1) Right before you enter the shul, you should PAUSE ⏸️ take a deep breath and say “בבית אלו-הים נהלך ברגש”, which means “Into the house of G-d I’m going to enter with feeling and awe” and show that you are entering with a sense of יראה 🏠

2) Then, as you walk into the shul, you should say “ואני ברוב חסדך אבוא ביתך אשתחוה אל היכך קדשך ביראתך” and bow a little as you say this towards the Aron Kodesh👣

3) Before you daven you should take upon yourself the מצוה of ואהבת לרעך כמך- to love every Jew- this joins your tefillah with all the zechus of all Jews and your tefillah will heard even stronger! ❤️

1) Immediately after saying אשר יצר, a person should do his best to say אלקי נשמה after 🔥

2) The order these brachos should be said is: first you say אשר יצר, then אלקי נשמה and then ברכות התורה ✅

1) Start saying on the 7th of חשון in Israel and 60 days after the fall equinox in חוץ לארץ 🍁

2) If you forget to say “ותן טל ומטר”… 🤷‍♂️

-if your still in the bracha of ברך עלינו, go back to words ותן טל and continue from there 💰

-if you finished the bracha of ברך עלינו, you could say the words ותן טל ומטר לברכה before you say “כי אתה שומע” in שמע קולנו 🙏

-if you finished שמע קולנו, you could say the words right before רצה

-After רצה if you then remeber, you have to go back to the beginning of ברך עלינו and

continue from there

-If you have finished your שמנה עשרה and said the second יהיו לרצון אמרי פי you have to go back to the beginning and repeat 🔁

) You SHOULD NOT ❌ wash WITH A BRACHA after waking up from a nap during the day🥱

2) You SHOULD ✔️ wash 3 times on each hand due to a possibility of רוח רע 💧

-Not clear how much sleep you need to get to make it that you need to wash during a daytime nap. However, many poskim say half hour 🕡

-One should always be careful to wash regardless because it’s not difficult in todays times

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Q: What should you do if you stay up all night in terms of נטילת ידים? 🌤️🌒

A: You still should wash your hands because:

1) you are considered a brand new creation

2) you have a רוח רע 🆕

-BUT, in order to be able to make a bracha, you should go to the bathroom first 🧻 because the first 2 reasons don’t constitute a bracha