(1) One should strengthen oneself like a lion to get up in the morning to serve their Creator, so that it is he who awakens the dawn.

From what time may one recite the Shema in the morning?From the time that one can distinguish between blue and white. Rabbi Eliezer says: between blue and green. And they must finish reciting it by sunrise. Rabbi Joshua says: until the third hour of the day, for such is the custom of the children of kings [royalty], to rise at the third hour. If one recites the Shema later, they lose nothing, like one who reads in the Torah.

The Gemara asks: If so, he should have also recited a blessing every time that he took the cloak off and put it back on, and not merely once a day in the morning. The Gemara answers: Rav Yehuda was a modest man and he did not remove his cloak the entire day. The Gemara asks: In what way is it different from the morning, i.e., why did he recite a blessing in the morning? The Gemara answers: He recited the blessing in the morning when he changed from a nighttime garment to a daytime garment.

I offer thanks to You, living and eternal Ruler, for You have mercifully restored my soul within me; Your faithfulness is great.

Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Ruler of the universe, who has sanctified us with Your commandments, and commanded us concerning the washing of the hands.

Praised are You, Adonai our God Ruler of the universe, who with wisdom fashioned the human body, creating openings and organs. It is known before your exalted Throne that should but one of them, by being blocked or opened, fail to function, it would be impossible to exist. Praised are you, Adonai, healer of all flesh who performs wonders.