Morning Brachos
Question
I forgot whether I said Morning Brachos or not. Do I say them again?
Answer
Shalom!
Thank you for your question.
In almost all situations, including yours, a blessing is never recited when in doubt if it was previously recited. Hence, you should not repeat the morning blessings.
What you should do, if possible, is find someone who did not yet recite them and have them recite them out loud with you "in mind." You then answer "amen" to all the blessings and you will discharge your obligation in this manner.
Regarding Birkot HaTorah — I would like to quote from what was brought in the new sefer Halacha Pesuka by our teacher, Hagaon Harav Fried shlit”a, on the laws of Birkot HaShachar and Kriyat Shema:
84. One who is unsure whether they recited Birkot HaTorah, or in a case that he is unsure if he is obligated to say them, there is a dispute among the poskim how to act. In practice, one should follow one of the following approaches:
- Ahava Rabbah – Since the blessing of Ahava Rabbah is considered like Birkot HaTorah, one can have intention during this blessing to fulfill the obligation of Birkot HaTorah. Le'chatchillah: One should have this intention while saying the bracha, and also learn some Torah immediately after davening. Be'dieved: Even if one did not have intention during the Bracha to exempt himself with it, and didn’t learn immediately afterward, they still fulfilled their obligation, since there is a doubt whether they may have already recited Birkot Hatorah, and are really totally exempt from reciting the Bracha.
- Aliyat HaTorah – On days when there is Kriyat HaTorah, one can have intention While saying the brachot of the Aliyah to fulfill the obligation of Birkot HaTorah through the blessings recited over the Torah reading, and that would be enough.
- Hearing from someone else – Ask someone who has not yet recited Birkot HaTorah to say them aloud with intent to fulfill your obligation, and listen to the Brachot with that intention.
- Birkat Asher Bachar – If one cannot say Ahava Rabbah, for example if they got up after the time of tefillah, and there’s no one around to help them fulfill their obligation, they should say only the Bracha of Asher Bachar Banu.
- However Sephardim, do not say the Bracha in such a case, and according to their custom, it is correct to at least 'think the Brachot' in one’s mind.
There is no difference in these halachos between men and women.
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