32. More about Morning Blessings

7:5 If a person stayed up all night, he recites all the morning blessings except for the bracha on washing his hands. Since there is a doubt as to whether or not he should recite certain blessings – including “Elokai neshama” (“my God, the soul…”), “hama’avir sheina” (that God removes sleep from our eyes), and the blessings on Torah study – it is preferable to have another person who is definitely obligated recite these blessings for him. The Mishnah Brurah (47:28) says that if a person slept by day and then was up all night, he would recite the blessings on Torah study. 7:6 If a person did not recite the morning blessings before the regular prayer service (as is normally the case), he can do so after, except the bracha on washing his hands. (The reason for this is that some authorities maintain that washing the hands is specifically meant as a preparation for prayer. Therefore, after prayer, the matter is moot.) He should also not recite “Elokai neshama” (“my God, the soul…”), since the theme of the blessing would have been covered when he recited “mechayeh hameisim” (that God revives the dead).