Asher Yatzer

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When to Recite it

  1. Any time one goes to the bathroom (urinating or moving one's bowels) one is obligated to say the bracha of Asher Yatzer. [1]
  2. Even if the smallest amount comes out, asher yatzar should be recited. [2]
  3. One should say asher yatzar immediately after using the bathroom. [3] However, one can still say it for 72 minutes after going to the bathroom. [4]
  4. If one used the bathroom and forgot to say asher yatzar and then used the bathroom again, only one beracha should be recited to cover both uses. [5]
  5. A person who still feels an urge to go to the bathroom again immediately after using the bathroom (diarrhea), should only say asher yatzar when he feels like he has cleared his bowels. [6]
  6. Women are obligated to say Asher Yatzar as well. [7]
  7. If a person is unsure whether he recited asher yatzar or not, he should not recite it. [8]

Asher Yatzer as part of Birchot HaShachar

  1. In the morning, one who goes to the bathroom should make the Bracha of Asher Yatzer. If one slept (more than 30 minutes) then, one should make the Bracha of Asher Yatzer even if one didn’t go to the bathroom. [9]
  2. If one woke in the middle of the night, one should make Asher Yatzer then and another Asher Yatzer in the morning. [10]


References

  1. ↑ S”A 7:1 writes that anytime that one goes to the bathroom one is obligated to say Asher Yatzer.
  2. ↑ S"A 7:4
  3. ↑ Mishna Berura 7:6.
  4. ↑ Halacha Berura 7:5 writes that one has up to 72 minutes after having used the bathroom. Sh"t Yechave Daat 4:5 says that if you only remembered after 72 minutes to say the beracha without shem u'malchut.
  5. ↑ Kaf Hachayim 7:5. S"A 7:3 says that asher yatzar should be recited twice, Mishna Berura 7:6 quotes both possibilities and concludes that safek brachot lihakel.
  6. ↑ Mishna Berura 7:2, Kaf Hachayim 7:2
  7. ↑ Ben Ish Chai Vayetze Halacha 15
  8. ↑ Birkei Yosef 7:3
  9. ↑ Rama 4:1 writes that one should make Asher Yatzer even if one didn’t go to the bathroom. Mishna Brurah 4:3 comments that this is only true if one slept at night.
  10. ↑ Mishna Brurah 4:3 writes that it’s preferable to make Asher Yatzer after one goes to the bathroom and not to push it off until Davening, because it’s likely one will one go again and then not have made a Asher Yatzer for the first time.
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