Question:
Hi, I have several questions:
I work all night basicly every night in a bakery all night long and sleep by day, lefi what I remember learning in kollel the basis for a person being awake all night being able to make birkas hashchar is based on a rebbi akiva eiger who says mistama you werent michaven in bircas ahava rabba and michayei meisim, in my case when I wake up from sleep I anyway make the second bracha of bircas hatorah knowing that Ill be awake in the morning after alos anyway, can I still make them in the morning anyway?(obviously the svara wouldnt apply bt elokai nishama since Im not michaven in marriv to motzei). In addaition I remeber asking my rosh yeshiva once about a similar case and he told me that if I sleep in the morning I can make brachos lefi haseder when I wake up, I seem to remember a gra like that as well(dont remember where off the top of my head), would that apply for this case as well?
2) Due to the afformentioned I usually am makpid to always simply daven neitz after work even if it means davening without teffilin since theres a chashash gedola miod that If I go home first Ill kipushuto be incapbale of davening properly and it happened so far at least twice that I physically couldnt get up the koach to daven once I sat down in my house(hence the kabbala), my question is about teffilin, if I have a lot dirt and grime on my arms and at least some in my hair is that a chatzitza for teffilin in the event that I finish work in time to daven with them? What if its either shower first or make a minyan?
3) I know if your awake the whole night your nikra choleh and its muttar to eat before davening, my question is does this din change if your a night worker or are you assur to eat 30m before alos, bearing in mind that by the time I Finish work im exausted sometimes to the point of just collapsing in bed.
4) A final point to consider is that I suffer from mild OCD and therefore have a lot of kulas I rely on in dealing with pretty much anything that stresses me past a certain point so im not looking for any chumras here, they pretty much would simply affect my shalom bayis,
Thanks so much and a grossa hatzlacha for the website, its great =)
P.S. I seem to remember that your beis horah has a phone number but ive lost it, would you mind including it, Thanks
Answer:
Hello,
1) You should say the whole bircas hatorah once, either before you go to sleep in the morning or when you wake up.
2) “Dirt and grime” is a chatziza regarding tefilin. Therefore you should shower before putting on tefilin, even if you won’t have a minyan when you daven.
3) There is no halacha that states that staying up the whole night gives a person the status of a choleh regarding eating before davening. However, the Shulchan Aruch states that if being hungry or thirsty will ruin your kavanah, you are considered a choleh and you can eat or drink before davening. I assume that this is the case here. However, if possible, it would be better to drink a coffee instead.
The Beis Hora’ah deals primarily with questions in Choshen Mishpat. There is an option to ask questions in Orach Chaim and Yoreh Dayah between 1:30-2:00 p.m. (Israel time), however it is better to email.
All the best
Sources:
1) Mishna Berura 47:28
2) Shulchan Aruch O:C 27:4, and Mishna Berura 27:14, see also Y:D 198:12
3) Shulchan Aruch O:C 89:4
