Siman 47
Presented here for study, not as a practical ruling. The Shulchan Aruch rules by Sephardi custom, the Rema's glosses by Ashkenazi custom, and the Kitzur follows Ashkenazi custom. For a practical question, ask your rabbi.
א בִּרְכַּת הַתּוֹרָה, צָרִיךְ לִזָּהֵר בָּהּ מְאֹד.
1 One must be very diligent to say the Blessing of the Torah.
ב צָרִיךְ לְבָרֵךְ בֵּין לְמִקְרָא בֵּין לְמִשְׁנָה בֵּין לִגְמָרָא: הַגָּה: בֵּין לְמִדְרָשׁ (טוּר).
2 It is necessary to bless [before], whether [one is learning] Mikrah [scripture], or Mishnah, or Gemara. Rema: and for Midrash [Tur]
ג הַכּוֹתֵב בְּדִבְרֵי תּוֹרָה, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵינוֹ קוֹרֵא, צָרִיךְ לְבָרֵךְ.
3 One who writes words of Torah, even though he doesn't read them, he must bless.
ד הַמְהַרְהֵר בְּדִבְרֵי תּוֹרָה, אֵין צָרִיךְ לְבָרֵךְ: הַגָּה: וְה"ה דְּיָכוֹל לִפְסֹק דִּין בְּלֹא נְתִינַת טַעַם לִדְבָרָיו (רַ"ן פ"ק דְּשַׁבָּת וּפֶרֶק כָּל הַצְלָמִים כָּתַב דְּהָוֵי כְּהִרְהוּר).
4 One who thinks words of Torah does not need to bless. Rema: And this is the law of one who can rule on the law without giving a reason for one's words [Ran: Chapter 1 of Shabbat and Chapter "All images" - he wrote that it is like thinking]
ה בִּרְכוֹת הַתּוֹרָה אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתָיו וְצִוָּנוּ עַל דִּבְרֵי תּוֹרָה. וְהַעֲרֵב נָא וְכו' וַאֲשֶׁר בָּחַר בָּנוּ.
5 The Blessings of the Torah [are]: "...who makes us holy with His commandments and commands us regarding words of Torah", and "...please make sweet..." etc. and "...who chose us..."
ו אוֹמֵר וְהַעֲרֵב עִם וָי"ו: הַגָּה: וְיֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים בְּלֹא וָי"ו וְכֵן נָהֲגוּ ( רַמְבַּ"ם פֶּרֶק ז' מֵהִלְכוֹת תְּפִלָּה וְרַשְׁבָּ"א בְּשֵׁם הַמָּאוֹר וְאַבּוּדַרְהַם) אֲבָל יוֹתֵר טוֹב לוֹמַר בְּוָי"ו.
6 One says "and please make sweet" with a vav. Rema: And there are those who say [to say it] without a vav, and so they have practiced. [Rambam: Laws of Prayer Chapter 7 and Rashba in the name of the Ma-or and Abudarham]. But it is better to say it with a vav.
ז בִּרְכַּת אַהֲבַת עוֹלָם פּוֹטֶרֶת בִּרְכַּת הַתּוֹרָה, אִם לָמַד מִיָּד בְּלִי הֶפְסֵק.
7 The blessing of Ahavat Olam exempts [one from] the Blessing of the Torah if one learned immediately [afterwards] without an interruption.
ח וְיֵשׁ לְהִסְתַּפֵּק אִי סַגֵּי בְּקוֹרֵא קְרִיאַת שְׁמַע סָמוּךְ לָהּ מִיָּד בְּלִי הֶפְסֵק, וְלָכֵן יֵשׁ לִזָּהֵר לְבָרֵךְ בִּרְכַּת הַתּוֹרָה קֹדֶם אַהֲבַת עוֹלָם.
8 And there is reason to doubt whether one fulfills [one's obligation] by reading the recitation of the Sh'ma adjoined to it [i.e. Ahavat Olam] immediately without an interruption, and therefore there is reason to be diligent to bless the Blessing of the Torah prior to Ahavat Olam.
ט יֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים שֶׁאִם הִפְסִיק בֵּין בִּרְכַּת הַתּוֹרָה לְלִמּוּדוֹ, אֵין בְּכָךְ כְּלוּם, וְהַנָּכוֹן שֶׁלֹּא לְהַפְסִיק בֵּינֵיהֶם, וְכֵן נָהֲגוּ לוֹמַר פָּרָשַׁת בִּרְכַּת כֹּהֲנִים סָמוּךְ לְבִרְכַּת הַתּוֹרָה.
9 There are those who say that if one interrupted between the Blessing of the Torah and one's study, it [i.e. the blessing] does not amount to anything. But the correct thing is to not interrupt between them, and such is the practice to say the section of the Priestly Blessing adjoined to the blessing of the Torah.
י אִם הִפְסִיק מִלִּלְמֹד וְנִתְעַסֵק בַּעֲסָקָיו, כֵּיוָן שֶׁדַּעְתּוֹ לַחֲזֹר וְלִלְמֹד לָא הָוֵי הֶפְסֵק, וְהוּא הַדִּין לְשֵׁנָה וּמֶרְחָץ וּבֵית הַכִּסֵא, דְּלָא הָוֵי הֶפְסֵק.
10 If one was interrupted from studying and gets involved with one's activities, since it was in one's head to return and study, this is not an interruption. And this is the law for sleep or the bathhouse or the outhouse, that it is not an interruption.
יא שְׁנַת קֶבַע בַּיּוֹם עַל מִטָּתוֹ הָוֵי הֶפְסֵק, וְיֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים דְּלָא הָוֵי הֶפְסֵק, וְכֵן נָהֲגוּ.
11 A routine sleep during the day in one's bed: it is an interruption. And there are those who say it is not an interruption, and so they have practiced.
יב אַף אִם לָמַד בַּלַּיְלָה, הַלַּיְלָה הוֹלֵךְ אַחַר הַיּוֹם שֶׁעָבַר, וְאֵינוֹ צָרִיךְ לַחֲזֹר וּלְבָרֵךְ, כָּל זְמַן שֶׁלֹּא יָשַׁן.
12 Even if one learned at night, the night comes after the day that passed, and there is no need to go back and bless [again] as long as one did not sleep.
יג הַמַּשְׁכִּים קֹדֶם אוֹר הַיּוֹם לִלְמֹד, מְבָרֵךְ בִּרְכַּת הַתּוֹרָה, וְאֵינוֹ צָרִיךְ לַחֲזֹר וּלְבָרֵךְ כְּשֶׁיֵּלֵךְ לְבֵית הַכְּנֶסֶת. הַמַּשְׁכִּים קֹדֶם אוֹר הַיּוֹם, מְבָרֵךְ כָּל סֵדֶר הַבְּרָכוֹת, חוּץ מִבִּרְכַּת הַנּוֹתֵן לַשֶּׂכְוִי בִינָה וּפָרָשַׁת הַתָּמִיד עַיֵּן לְעֵיל סי' א' סָעִיף ו' שֶׁיַּמְתִּין מִלְּאָמְרָם עַד שֶׁיֵּאוֹר הַיּוֹם: הַגָּה: וּלְכַתְּחִלָּה יִטֹּל יָדָיו קֹדֶם שֶׁיְּבָרֵךְ לִלְמֹד וְאִם לֹא הָיָה לוֹ מַיִם יָכוֹל לִלְמֹד וּלְבָרֵךְ בְּלֹא נְטִילָה כְּמוֹ בִּשְׁאָר בְּרָכוֹת שֶׁמְּבָרֵךְ קֹדֶם נְטִילָה כְּדִלְעֵיל סִימָן מ"ו (אָגוּר).
13 Those who wake early, before the light of day, to study bless the Blessing of the Torah and there is no need to go back and bless [again] when one goes to the synagogue. Those who wake early before the light of day bless the entire order of blessings other than the blessing of "who gives the rooster understanding" and the section of the daily offering [see above, Chapter 1, Section 6]; in that one waits to say them until the light of day. Rema: ab initio, one washes one's hands prior to blessing for study, but if one did not have water, one can learn and bless without washing as with the rest of blessing that one blesses before washing as above, Chapter 46 [Agur]
יד נָשִׁים מְבָרְכוֹת בִּרְכַּת הַתּוֹרָה:
14 Women bless the Blessing of the Torah