Kitzur Shulchan Aruch - Chapter 7: Laws Relating to the Morning Berachos

There is a dispute among the authorities if the listener should answer Amein after hearing [the berachah] La'asok B'divrei Torah.1 Some maintain that this is not the conclusion of the berachah but rather that Veha'arev nah etc. [please make pleasant] is a continuation of the above, thereby making the entire text one berachah, and therefore you should not answer Amein. Others maintain that this is the conclusion of the berachah and Veha'arev nah begins another berachah and therefore you should answer Amein. Therefore you should recite this berachah in an undertone, so no one should hear it, and become involved in doubt.

The berachah, Hanosein lasechvi vinah,2 should not be recited until the light of the day appears.

The berachah, Poke'ach ivrim,3 may be said even by a blind person, because he also benefits from others who show him the way. If you recited the berachah, Zokeif kefufim,4 before you recite the berachah, Mattir asurim,5 You should not recite the berachah, Mattir asurim, since it is included in the berachah of Zokeif kefufim, because the uprighting of posture includes the free movement of the limbs.6

After [the berachah], Hama'avir sheinah mei'einai usenumah mei'afapoi,7 you should not answer Amein, because this is not the conclusion of a berachah, for Vihi ratzon etc. [may it be Your will] is also part of this berachah, and the actual conclusion of the berachah is Hagomeil chasadim tovim le'amo yisrael.8

[Even] If you are awake the entire night, in the morning, you should recite all of the morning berachos, except for the berachah of Netilas yadayim,9 which you do not recite. There is a question if the berachah of Elokai neshamah,10 and the berachah Hama'avir sheinah,11 and also the berachos on the Torah should be said, and therefore it is best to hear them from another person and to answer Amein.12 (See Chapter 6: 9 and Chapter 2: 8)

If you did not say all the morning berachos, before the morning prayers, you may say them after prayers,13 except for the berachah of Netilas yadayim, (some authorities hold that washing the hands in the morning was instituted as a preparation for prayers; if so, after the prayers are concluded there is no need for this berachah), and the berachah of Elokai neshama14 (for which the obligation was fulfilled with the berachah of Mechayei hameisim.)15

Regarding the berachos on the Torah, if they were not said before the morning prayers, there is a controversy among the authorities if they are to be said after the prayers. Some maintain not to say them because they were exempt with the saying of Ahava rabbah [With unbounded love] (or Ahavas olam) [With an everlasting love] which are berachos whose contents are also similar to those of the Torah berachos: "Grant into our hearts the ability to understand to listen, to learn, and to teach etc." And, others maintain that saying Ahava rabbah does not exempt the reciting of the Torah berachos unless one learns after the Amidah immediately without any interruption. Therefore, initially, you should be careful to recite the Torah berachos before the morning prayers. In the event, however, that you forgot to recite [the Torah berachos] before morning prayers, you should study a Torah text immediately after the Amidah. If you also forgot to do this, then because of doubt you are not required to recite the berachos on the Torah.16

If you are called to the Torah before having recited the berachos on the Torah, if it is possible before the Aliyah to recite all the Torah berachos and also to say at least one Torah verse, for example Yevarechecha etc, [May He bless you], you should do so and then go to the Torah and recite the berachos. If, however, it is impossible to follow this procedure you should go to the Torah anyway. Since at the Torah you will have recited Asher bachar banu etc, [Who chose us] you should say afterwards, only the berachah of Asher kiddeshanu etc. [Who sanctified us] and Veha'arev nah etc. [Please make pleasant] until Le'amo yisrael [to His people Israel]17 and then say Yevarechecha etc.