Translation:Shulchan Aruch/Orach Chaim/46
Chapter 46: Laws of the morning blessings and other blessings.
1 When one wakes up from his sleep, he should say "My God, the soul...". When one hears the voice of the cockerel, he should recite the blessing: "Who gives to the heart/cockerel understanding". When one dresses, he should recite the blessing: "Who clothes the naked". When one places his hands upon his eyes, he should recite the blessing: "Who makes the blind see". When one sits up, he should recite the blessing: "Who releases the bound". When one straightens up, he should recite the blessing: "Who straightens the crooked". When one puts his feet on the ground, he should recite the blessing: "Who stretches out the land over the water". When one puts on his shoes, he should recite the blessing: "Who provides for me all my needs". When one walks, he should recite the blessing: "Who steadies the footsteps of man". When one girds himself with a belt, he should recite the blessing: "Who girds Israel with might". Gloss: Or when he puts on his trousers which separate his heart from his genitalia. (Beit Yosef in the name of Rabbi Abraham ben David). When one puts a hat or turban on his head, he recites the blessing: "Who crowns Israel with splendor". When one performs hand-washing, he should recite the blessing: "upon washing the hands". When one washes his face, he should recite the blessing: "Who removes sleep from my eyes etc., and may it be the will etc.," until "Blessed are you, Lord, Who performs loving-kindness to his people, Israel". And one should not answer "Amen" after "Who removes sleep from my eyes" until he will conclude: "Who performs loving-kindness to his people, Israel", because it is all one blessing.
2 Nowadays, because the hands are not properly clean and also because of the ignorant persons who do not know them, the custom is to say them in order at the Synagogue and they answer "Amen" after them and fulfil their obligation.
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One is obliged to recite at least one hundred blessings every day.
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It is necessary to recite the following blessings every day: "Who has not made me a Gentile", "Who has not made me a slave", "Who has not made me a woman".
Gloss: And even a convert can make this blessing [his own words] but he should not say "Who has not made me a Gentile" because he was a Gentile originally [Abudarham].
And the women bless "Who has made me according to His will."
5 If one recited: "Who straightens the crooked" before "Who releases the bound", he should not recite it.
6 Some have the custom to recite the blessing: "Who gives strength to the weary", and their words do not seem correct. Gloss: But there is a clear custom among the Ashkenazi people to recite it.
7 Some have the custom to recite other blessings in addition to the above, and their practice is erroneous.
8 All of the above blessings: if one did not become obliged to say one of them – for example because one did not hear the voice of the cockerel or he has not walked or dressed or girded himself – he should say that blessing without mentioning the Name. Gloss: And some say that even if he is did not become obliged to say them, he does recite them, because the blessing does not only relate to the individual himself, rather we are reciting blessings that the Holy One, Blessed is He, has provided for all the needs of the world. And that is the custom and it should not be changed [Tur and Tosafot; Rabbi Asher, Chapter "One who sees"; and Rabbi Nissim, first chapter of Pesachim; and Kol Bo].
9 One should not recite scriptural verses before reciting the blessing of the Torah, even though he is reciting it by way of supplication. And some say that we must not be concerned since the verses are only recited by way of supplication. And it is proper to be concerned for the former opinion.
Gloss: But the custom is according to the latter opinion, for on the days of selichot, we recite the selichot and afterwards do we recite the blessings of the Torah in the order with the other blessings. And similarly, every day when we enter the synagogue, we say several verses and supplications and afterwards do we recite the blessings of the Torah. And we have the custom to place the reciting of the blessing of the Torah immediately after the blessing "Who has formed" and this should not be changed [and so is apparent in Tosafot and Mordecai, first chapter of Berakhot]. And it is good practice in the morning to say "Blessed is the Glorious Name of His Kingdom Forever" after "Hear, O Israel etc.," because sometimes his formal reading of the Shema may be delayed beyond its time, and so one can fulfill his obligation by this [Tur].