[Avodah] Does a BT have to say Asher Yotzar 25,000 times??

[Micha Berger]

On Sun, Mar 07, 2010 at 10:47:43AM -0500, Zev Sero wrote:
: It would seem not.  The SA's psak that if one missed an asher yatzar
: until the next time one must say it twice, is based on the din of
: making up missed tefillot...

Or, hyou could keep the following story in mind, and perhaps never
forget to say Asher Yatzar again...

One afternoon, after radiation (BH it's now over 6-1/2 years that I've
been in remission), I proceeded to find a vacant bathroom at
Sloane Kettering Memorial Cancer Center. I was over in the
next wing of the building, pediatrics.

After washing my hands, I stepped into the hall and saw two women. One a
Chassidic lady, wearing a skirt-suit, a very obvious wig with a hat on
top of it. Neckline at the neck, jacket down to the wrists, skirt past
mid-calf. The day must have been warm, because the other was wearing a
silk blouse that didn't overly tax the silkworms to produce fabric for
it. Jeans that must have risked dislocating an arm to squeeze into, also
ending mid-calf. Stilletto heals. Something about her "looked Israeli".

These two woman, outside the ladies' room at Sloane Kettering's pediatric
unit, were holding a little card between them, each carefully saying
the words of Asher Yatzar, the blessing thanking G-d for our health.

I quickly proceeded to the elevator banks, so the mothers wouldn't see
me cry.

-Micha

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