Translation:Shulchan Aruch/Orach Chaim/1
1: Laws of waking up in the morning
1 One should strengthen himself like a lion to get up in the morning to serve his Creator, so that it is he who awakens the dawn.
Gloss: At least, one should not delay beyond the time when the congregation prays (Tur).
Gloss: "I have set the Lord before me constantly"; this is a major principle in the Torah and amongst the virtues of the righteous who walk before God. For a person's way of sitting, his movements and his dealings while he is alone in his house are not like his way of sitting, his movements and his dealings when he is before a great king; nor are his speech and free expression as much as he wants when he is with his household members and his relatives like his speech when in a royal audience. All the more so when one takes to heart that the Great King, the Holy One, Blessed Is He, Whose glory fills the earth, is standing over him and watching his actions, as it is stated: "'Will a man hide in concealment and I will not see him?' - the word of God", he immediately acquires fear and submission in dread of God, May He Be Blessed, and is ashamed of Him constantly (Guide for the Perplexed III 52). And one should not be ashamed because of people who mock him in his service of God, and should also go modestly. And when he lies on his bed he should know before Whom he lies, and as soon as he wakes up from sleep he should rise eagerly to the service of his Creator, May He Be Blessed and Exalted (Tur).
2 One who arises to supplicate before his creator should aim for the hours when the heavenly watches are changing, which are at one-third of the night, and at the end of two-thirds of the night, and at the end of the night; for prayer which is offered at these times regarding the destruction and regarding the exile is favorable.
3 It is fitting for every person who has fear of Heaven to be anguished and concerned regarding the destruction of the Temple.
4
Better few supplications with concentration than much without concentration.
5
It is good to recite the passage of the Binding, the passage of the Manna, the Ten Commandments, and the passages of the burnt-offering, tribute-offering, peace-offering, sin-offering, and guilt-offering.
Gloss: But only in private is it permissible to recite the Ten Commandments each day: it is forbidden to recite them in congregation (Shlomo ben Aderet Responsum 144).
6 One should not recite the passages of the sacrifices except by day. (And see below, section 47, paragraph 13)
7
When one finishes the passage of the burnt-offering, he should say: "May it be Your will that this should be considered and accepted as if I had brought a burnt-offering." He should say similarly after the passages of the tribute-offering and the peace-offering, because they are offered voluntarily.
8
One should recite along with the sacrifice passages the verse: "And he shall slaughter it on the side of the altar northward before the Lord....".
9 Some have the custom to say the passage of the Laver, and afterwards the passage of the removal of the ashes, and afterwards the passage of the continual-offering, and afterwards the passage of the Incense Altar and the passage of the spices of the Incense and its preparation.