One who enters

<<the bathroom

<<says:

<<“Be honored,

<<honored ones,

<<holy ones,

<<servants of

<<the One on High;

<<give

<<honor

<<to the God of

<<Israel;

<<let go

<<of me

<<until

<<I enter

<<and do

<<my will

<<and come

<<to you.”

<<Abaye said:

<<Not

<<should say

<<a person

<<thus,

<<lest

<<they leave

<<him

<<and go.

<<Rather,

<<let him say:

<<“Guard me,

<<guard me;

<<help me,

<<help me;

<<support me,

<<support me;

<<wait

<<for me,

<<wait

<<for me,

<<until

<<I enter

<<and come out,

<<for such is

<<the way

<<of

<<human beings.”

<<When

<<he comes out,

<<he says:

<<“Blessed is He

<<who

<<formed

<<man

<<in wisdom,

<<and created

<<in him

<<openings,

<<openings,

<<hollows,

<<hollows.

<<It is revealed

<<and known

<<before

<<the Throne of

<<Your Glory

<<that if

<<were opened

<<one

<<of them,

<<or

<<if

<<were sealed

<<one

<<of them,

<<it would be impossible

<<to stand

<<before You.”

What

<<does he conclude?

<<Rav said:

<<“Who heals

<<the sick.”

<<Shmuel said:

<<Has made them

<<Abba [i.e., Rav]

<<everyone

<<sick!

<<Rather:

<<“Who heals

<<all

<<flesh.”

<<Rav Sheshes

<<said:

<<“Who is wondrous

<<in doing.”

<<Rav Pappa said:

<<Therefore

<<let us say

<<both of them:

<<“Who heals

<<all

<<flesh

<<and is wondrous

<<in doing.”

One who enters

<<to sleep

<<on

<<his bed

<<says

<<from “Hear,

<<O Israel”

<<until

<<“And it shall be,

<<if

<<you will surely listen,”

<<and he says:

<<“Blessed is He

<<who casts

<<the bands of

<<sleep

<<upon

<<my eyes

<<and slumber

<<upon

<<my eyelids,

<<and who gives light

<<to the pupil

<<of the eye [lit. the daughter of the eye].

<<May it be [Your] will

<<before You,

<<Hashem

<<my God,

<<that You lay me down

<<in peace,

<<and grant

<<my portion

<<in Your Torah,

<<and accustom me

<<to [lit. into the hands of]

<<a mitzvah,

<<and do not

<<accustom me

<<to

<<transgression,

<<and do not

<<bring me

<<to

<<sin,

<<and not

<<to

<<iniquity,

<<and not

<<to

<<temptation,

<<and not

<<to

<<disgrace.

<<And may rule

<<over me

<<the inclination

<<for good,

<<and may not

<<rule

<<over me

<<the inclination

<<for evil.

<<And save me

<<from an occurrence

<<that is bad

<<and from illnesses

<<that are bad.

<<And may not

<<frighten me

<<dreams

<<that are bad

<<and thoughts

<<that are bad.

<<And may be

<<my bed

<<complete

<<before You.

<<And light up

<<my eyes

<<lest

<<I sleep

<<[the sleep of] death.

<<Blessed

<<are You,

<<Hashem,

<<who gives light

<<to the world,

<<all of it,

<<in His glory.”

When

<<he wakes up

<<he says:

<<“My God,

<<the soul

<<that You placed

<<in me

<<is pure.

<<You

<<formed it

<<in me;

<<You

<<breathed it

<<into me;

<<and You

<<guard it

<<within me;

<<and You

<<are destined

<<to take it

<<from me

<<and to return it

<<into me

<<in the time to come.

<<All

<<the time

<<that the soul

<<is within me,

<<thankful

<<am I

<<before You,

<<Hashem

<<my God

<<and the God of

<<my fathers,

<<Master of

<<all

<<the worlds,

<<Lord of

<<all

<<the souls.

<<Blessed

<<are You,

<<Hashem,

<<who returns

<<souls

<<to corpses

<<that are dead.”

When

<<he hears

<<the sound of

<<the rooster,

<<let him say:

<<“Blessed is He

<<who

<<gave

<<the rooster [sechvi]

<<understanding

<<to distinguish

<<between

<<day

<<and between

<<night.”

<<When

<<he opens

<<his eyes,

<<let him say:

<<“Blessed is He

<<who opens the eyes of

<<the blind.”

<<When

<<he straightens up

<<and sits,

<<let him say:

<<“Blessed is He

<<who releases

<<the bound.”

<<When

<<he dresses,

<<let him say:

<<“Blessed is He

<<who clothes

<<the naked.”

<<When

<<he stands upright,

<<let him say:

<<“Blessed is He

<<who straightens

<<the bent.”

<<When

<<he steps down

<<to the ground,

<<let him say:

<<“Blessed is He

<<who spreads out

<<the earth

<<upon

<<the waters.”

<<When

<<he walks,

<<let him say:

<<“Blessed is He

<<who prepares

<<the steps of

<<man.”

<<When

<<he puts on

<<his shoes,

<<let him say:

<<“Blessed is He

<<who has made

<<for me

<<all

<<my needs.”

<<When

<<he fastens

<<his belt,

<<let him say:

<<“Blessed is He

<<who girds

<<Israel

<<with might.”

<<When

<<he spreads

<<a scarf

<<over

<<his head,

<<let him say:

<<“Blessed is He

<<who crowns

<<Israel

<<with splendor.”

When

<<he wraps himself

<<in tzitzis,

<<let him say:

<<“Blessed is He

<<who

<<has sanctified us

<<with His commandments

<<and commanded us

<<to wrap ourselves

<<in tzitzis.”

<<When

<<he puts on

<<tefillin

<<on his arm,

<<let him say:

<<“Blessed is He

<<who

<<has sanctified us

<<with His commandments

<<and commanded us

<<to put on

<<tefillin”;

<<on his head,

<<let him say:

<<“Blessed is He

<<who

<<has sanctified us

<<with His commandments

<<and commanded us

<<concerning

<<the mitzvah of

<<tefillin.”

<<When

<<he washes

<<his hands,

<<let him say:

<<“Blessed is He

<<who

<<has sanctified us

<<with His commandments

<<and commanded us

<<concerning

<<the washing of

<<the hands.”

<<When

<<he washes

<<his face,

<<let him say:

<<“Blessed is He

<<who removes

<<the bands of

<<sleep

<<from my eyes

<<and slumber

<<from my eyelids.

<<And may it be [Your] will

<<before You,

<<Hashem

<<my God,

<<that You accustom me

<<to Your Torah,

<<and attach me

<<to Your commandments,

<<and do not

<<bring me

<<neither

<<to

<<sin,

<<nor

<<to

<<iniquity,

<<nor

<<to

<<temptation,

<<nor

<<to

<<disgrace.

<<And force

<<my inclination

<<to be subservient

<<to You.

<<And distance me

<<from a person

<<who is bad

<<and from a companion

<<who is bad.

<<And attach me

<<to the inclination

<<for good

<<and to a companion

<<who is good

<<in Your world.

<<And grant me,

<<today

<<and every

<<day,

<<grace

<<and kindness

<<and mercy

<<in Your eyes

<<and in the eyes of

<<all

<<who see me,

<<and bestow upon me

<<kindnesses

<<that are good.

<<Blessed

<<are You,

<<Hashem,

<<who bestows

<<kindnesses

<<that are good

<<upon His people

<<Israel.”

“Obligated

<<is a person

<<to bless,

<<etc.”

<<What is

<<“obligated

<<to bless

<<over

<<the bad

<<just as

<<he blesses

<<over

<<the good”?

<<If we say:

<<just as

<<he blesses

<<over

<<the good

<<“the One who is good

<<and who does good,”

<<so

<<he blesses

<<over

<<the bad

<<“the One who is good

<<and who does good” —

<<but didn't we learn:

<<over

<<tidings

<<that are good

<<he says

<<“the One who is good

<<and who does good”;

<<over

<<tidings

<<that are bad

<<he says

<<“Blessed is

<<the Judge of

<<truth”!

<<Rava said:

<<Not

<<was it needed

<<except

<<to accept them

<<with joy.

Rav Acha said in the name of Rabbi Levi:

<<What is

<<the verse?

<<“Kindness

<<and judgment

<<I will sing;

<<to You,

<<Hashem,

<<I will make music.”

<<If

<<kindness,

<<I will sing;

<<and if

<<judgment,

<<I will sing.

Rabbi Shmuel bar Nachmani

<<said:

<<From here:

<<“In Hashem

<<I will praise

<<[His] word;

<<in God

<<I will praise

<<[His] word.”

<<“In Hashem

<<I will praise

<<[His] word” —

<<this is

<<the attribute

<<that is good;

<<“in God

<<I will praise

<<[His] word” —

<<this is

<<the attribute of

<<punishment.

Rabbi Tanchum

<<said:

<<From here:

<<“A cup of

<<salvations

<<I will lift up,

<<and in the name of

<<Hashem

<<I will call”;

<<“Trouble

<<and sorrow

<<I will find,

<<and in the name of

<<Hashem

<<I will call.”

And the Rabbis

<<say:

<<From here:

<<“Hashem

<<gave,

<<and Hashem

<<took;

<<may be

<<the name of

<<Hashem

<<blessed.”

Rav Huna said in the name of Rav,

<<in the name

<<of Rabbi Meir,

<<and so

<<it was taught

<<in the name

<<of Rabbi Akiva:

<<Always

<<should be

<<a person

<<accustomed

<<to say:

<<“All

<<that does

<<the Merciful One,

<<for good

<<He does.”

Like

<<this

<<[incident] of Rabbi Akiva,

<<who was

<<walking

<<on the road.

<<He reached

<<a certain

<<town;

<<he asked for

<<lodging,

<<not

<<did they give [it]

<<to him.

<<He said:

<<“All

<<that does

<<the Merciful One

<<is for good.”

<<He went

<<and slept

<<in the field,

<<and there were

<<with him

<<a rooster,

<<and a donkey,

<<and a lamp.

<<Came

<<a wind

<<[and] extinguished it,

<<the lamp.

<<Came

<<a cat

<<[and] ate it,

<<the rooster.

<<Came

<<a lion

<<[and] ate it,

<<the donkey.

<<He said:

<<“All

<<that does

<<the Merciful One

<<is for good.”

<<That very night

<<came

<<a troop

<<[and] took captive

<<the town.

<<He said to them:

<<Not

<<did I say

<<to you:

<<All

<<that

<<does

<<the Holy One, Blessed be He