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Mishna Berura Summaries

The Laws of Morning Conduct

7

Siman 1 – Waking up in the morning
Siman 2 – Getting dressed
Siman 3 – The Bathroom
Siman 4 – Washing
Siman 5 – The Meaning of Berachos
Siman 6 – Asher Yotzar
Siman 7 – Asher Yotzar

The Laws of Tsitsis

16

Siman 8 – Wrapping
Siman 9 – The begged
Siman 10 – The corners
Siman 11 – The strings
Siman 12 – Disqualifying the tsitsis
Siman 13 – Tsitsis on Shabbos
Siman 14 – Intent when making tsitsis/The borrowed tallis
Siman 15 – Removing tsitsis from the begged
Siman 16 – Tallis size
Siman 17 – Who is obligated
Siman 18 – The time for tsitsis
Siman 20 – Buying and selling a tallis
Siman 21 – What should be done with snapped off tsitsis?
Siman 22 – Shehecheyanu for tsitsis
Siman 23 – Tsitsis in a cemetery
Siman 24 – The Reward

The Laws of Tefillin

17

Siman 25 – Details
Siman 26 – One Tefilla
Siman 27 – How and where to place them
Siman 28 – Removing tefillin
Siman 29
Siman 30 – Time for tefillin
Siman 31 – Tefillin on holy days
Siman 33 – The straps
Siman 34
Siman 37 – The time for tefillin
Siman 38 – Who’s obligated in tefillin?
Siman 39 – From whom can you buy tefillin?
Siman 40 – The holiness of tefillin
Siman 42 – Tashmish tefillin
Siman 43 – Tefillin in the bathroom
Siman 44 – Sleeping with tefillin
Siman 45

The Laws of Brichas Hashachar

12

Siman 46
Siman 47 – Birkas haTorah
Siman 48 – Korbonos
Siman 49 – Krias shema by heart
Siman 50 – Ayzehu Mekoman
Siman 51 – Pesukay D’zimra
Siman 52 – Coming late for shul
Siman 53 – The Chazzan
Siman 54 – Yishtabach
Siman 55 – Kaddish
Siman 56 – Answering Kaddish
Siman 57 – Borchu

The Laws of Krias Shema

29

Siman 58
Siman 59 – Yotzer Or
Siman 60 – Berachos of Shema / Kavana
Siman 61 – Being particular and having kavana
Siman 62 – If you weren’t particular
Siman 63 – Sit for the Shema and do not sleep
Siman 64 – Mistakes during the Shema
Siman 65 – Interruptions / Coming in and finding the congregation reading the Shema
Siman 66 – Permitted interruptions
Siman 67
Siman 68 – Piyutim
Siman 70 – Who is exempt from Krias Shema
Siman 71 – The dead
Siman 72 – Funerals
Siman 73 – Under a blanket
Siman 74 – Issur Ervah
Siman 75 – Women’s hair and voice – Ervah
Siman 76 – Human excrement
Siman 77 – Urine
Siman 78 – Urine
Siman 79 – Distancing from excrement
Siman 80 – Excretion illnesses
Siman 81 – Child’s excrement
Siman 83 – Bathroom
Siman 84 – Bathhouse
Siman 85 – Dirty places
Siman 86
Siman 87 – Bed Pans
Siman 88 – Baal Keri

The Laws of Tefilla

38

Siman 89 – When it’s time for Shacharis
Siman 90 – The best place to daaven and Tefilla b’tzibbur
Siman 91 – Proper attire for Tefilla
Siman 92 – Washing and preparing for Tefilla
Siman 93 – Wait before Tefilla
Siman 94 – Direction for Tefilla
Siman 95 – Body position for Tefilla
Siman 96 – Holding things
Siman 97 – Other needs during Tefilla
Siman 98 – Kavana
Siman 99 – Drinking wine before Tefilla
Siman 100 – Seasonal tefillos
Siman 101 – Kavana / Tefilla in other languages
Siman 102 – Not to disturb a daavener
Siman 103 – Passing wind during Tefilla
Siman 104 – Do not interrupt the Tefilla
Siman 105 – Pausing between two Tefillos
Siman 106 – Who is exempt from Tefilla
Siman 107 – Tefillas nedova
Siman 108 – Tashlumin
Siman 109 – Coming late for Shemoneh Esray
Siman 110 – Tefilla while at work / Tefillas Haderech
Siman 111 – Somaych geula l’tefilla
Siman 112
Siman 113 – Bowing
Siman 114 – Mashiv haruach umorid hagoshem (MHUH)
Siman 115 – Atta Chonayn…
Siman 116 – Refo’anu
Siman 117 – Birkas Hashanim
Siman 118 – Birkas Hasheeva
Siman 119 – Personal Tefillos
Siman 121 – Modim
Siman 122 – After Shemoneh Esray
Siman 123 – Bowing at the end of Shemoneh Esray
Siman 124 – Chazoras Hashatz and Answering Omayn
Siman 125 – Kedusha
Siman 126 – A Chazzan who makes a mistake
Siman 127 – Modim D’rabbonon

The Laws of N’sias Kapayim

7

Siman 128
Siman 129 – Which tefillos have N.K.
Siman 130 – Ribono shel Olam – The dream prayer
Siman 131 – Nefillas Apayim
Siman 132 – Uva L’tzion
Siman 133 – Borchu after Daavening
Siman 134 – V’hu Rachum and Hagboh

THE LAWS OF KRIAS SEFER TORAH

13

Siman 135 – The reading on Mondays and Thursdays
Siman 136 – Who gets the Alios on Shabbos?
Siman 137 – How many pesukim each?
Siman 138 – Do not leave less than 3 pesukim before a gap
Siman 139 – The order of Krias HaTorah and its berachos
Siman 140 – Interruptions in the kria
Siman 141 – Laws of the Baal Koray
Siman 142 – No expert baal koray
Siman 143 – Mistakes in the sefer Torah
Siman 144 – Skipping
Siman 146 – Not to talk during krias haTorah
Siman 147 – G’lila
Siman 149 – Putting away the sefer Torah

THE LAWS OF BAIS HAKNESSES

7

Siman 150 – Building the Shul
Siman 151 – Keeping the sanctity of the shul
Siman 152 – Sanctity of the shul
Siman 153 – Sanctity of the shul / Rights to a mitzva
Siman 154 – Tashmish kedusha
Siman 155 – Fixing times to learn Torah
Siman 156 – Going to work / Miscellaneous

THE LAWS OF NETILLAS YODAYIM

9

Siman 157 – Meals
Siman 158 – Washing for a meal
Siman 159 – How the water should come upon your hands
Siman 160 – Disqualified waters
Siman 161 – Chatzitza (substance that blocks the water)
Siman 162 – Lifting the hands and rubbing
Siman 163 – If you don’t have water for netillas yodayim
Siman 164 – Making a condition / Touching filth during the meal
Siman 165 – One who wants to eat after going to the bathroom

THE LAWS OF BREAKING BREAD

3

Siman 166 – Interruption between washing hands and breaking bread
Siman 167 – How to cut the bread
Siman 168 – Which bread gets the blessing?

THE LAWS OF MEALTIME CONDUCT

7

Siman 169 – Serving food
Siman 170 – Disciplined Mealtime Conduct
Siman 171 – Not to disgrace food
Siman 172 – Food in the mouth without a beracha
Siman 173 – Washing in the middle of a meal
Siman 174 – Drinks during the meal
Siman 175 – Hatov V’hamaytiv on wine

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Siman 29

Do not say a beracha for removing your tefillin. (ShA)

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