Question:
When reciting birches hashachar this morning, I was still sleepy, and I spaced out. I was not sure if I was holding by asher yatzar or Elokai Neshama. I caught myself saying “sheim yiposeach echod mayhem” but I thought I had already finished asher yatzar. So I wasn’t sure which bracha I was holding by. What should I have done at that point? Continue and finish asher yatzar, even though I might have said it already?
Answer:
“She’im yiposeach echod mayhem” is part of Asher Yotzar, therefore we will assume that that is where you are up to. Why should you assume that you said it twice?
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