Talking or Drinking After Kriat Shema Al HaMita

Quiz

1 - The Mishnah Berurah rules that after saying "Shema" in the evening, one can

• Not speak even in an emergency
• Can speak and drink freely
• Can speak and drink if necessary.

2 - If the bracha of "Hamapil" is a bracha on going to sleep, which of the following is correct?

• There is no problem to speak after saying the bracha, before going to sleep
• There should be no interruption between the beracha and going to sleep.
• If you fall asleep and wake up a number of times in one night, you must make the bracha each time.

3 - If the bracha of "Hamapil" is a bracha praising Hashem for creating the idea of sleep, but not on the actual sleep you intend to have, which of the following is correct?

• It is forbidden to speak after saying the bracha right before falling asleep
• If one needs to speak before sleeping, he may do so.
• If you fall asleep and wake up a number of times in one night, you must make a new bracha each time.