Shabbos Bulletin Parshas Bamidbar/Shavuos 5775

Tefilla Halacha

Staying up all night Shevuos?

Here’s what you need to know, IF there is no one to be motzie you in berachos:

• Assuming you went to the bathroom before davening, you can make al netilas yadayim and,of course, asher yatzar.
• You can be mechavain by ahava rabbah for birchos haTorah…and learn something right after shemoneh essraiy. [Alternatively, you can be mechavain by maariv at ahavas olom (and learn after shemoneh essraiy)]
• Elokaiy,neshamah…and hamaavir shainah are problematic (none of the other birchos hashachar are). It is a shaylah what to do lemaaseh. (Remember, we are talking when there is no one to be motzie you.)
• Most hold you can make these 2 berachos.
• Some say you cannot.
• If you slept a half-hour you certainly can.
• Some say if you mamesh slept, then even less than a half-hour.
• I’d say:
  • If you did not sleep a half-hour, for Elokaiy, neshamah: be mechavain by the berachah mechayeh hameisim in shemoneh essraiy (starting with attah gibor)
  • And make hama’avir shainah if you mamesh slept, even less than a half-hour

ONE FURTHER NOTE:

Don’t over—obsess on eating Seudah shlishis before 4 pm. If it will disrupt your or your family’s Shabbos, just don’t do it.

ONE FURTHER FURTHER NOTE:

Yes, you may learn after alos hashachar on Shavuos morning, even before you’ve taken care of a new birchos HaTorah.