Editing HaMapil (section)

== Sources and Text of the Blessing ==
Regarding Bircat HaMapil, the Gemara in Tractate Berachot states: "One who enters to sleep on his bed says from 'Shema Yisrael' until 'V'haya Im Shamoa' and says: 'Blessed is He who casts the bonds of sleep upon my eyes and slumber upon my eyelids, and illuminates the pupil of the eye. May it be Your will, Hashem my G-d, that You lay me down in peace and grant my portion in Your Torah, accustom me to mitzvot and not to transgressions, do not bring me to sin, iniquity, test, or disgrace. May the good inclination rule over me and not the evil inclination. Save me from evil occurrences and serious illnesses, and may bad dreams and evil thoughts not frighten me. May my bed be complete before You, and illuminate my eyes lest I sleep the sleep of death. Blessed are You, Hashem, who illuminates the entire world with His glory.'"

These matters were brought as halacha in the Rambam's book with a change in wording: "When a person enters his bed to sleep at night, he blesses: 'Blessed are You, Hashem our G-d, King of the universe, who casts the bonds of sleep upon my eyes and deep slumber, and illuminates the pupil of the eye. May it be Your will, Hashem my G-d, that You save me from the evil inclination and from evil occurrences, and may bad dreams and evil thoughts not frighten me. May my bed be complete before You, and raise me from it to life and peace, and illuminate my eyes lest I sleep the sleep of death. Blessed are You, Hashem, who illuminates the entire world with His glory.'" And he continues: "And one reads the first paragraph of the Shema and sleeps..."

These matters were brought in the Tur, where the blessing appears as the Alter Rebbe included in his Siddur: And one says "Blessed is He who casts the bonds of sleep upon my eyes and slumber upon my eyelids, and illuminates the pupil of the eye. May it be Your will, Hashem my G-d, that You lay me down in peace, and raise me to life and peace, and may bad dreams and evil thoughts not frighten me. May my bed be complete before You, and illuminate my eyes lest I sleep the sleep of death. Blessed are You, Hashem, who illuminates the entire world with His glory."

And the Tur adds: "And Rav Amram added words to it: 'and raise me in peace, and grant my portion in Torah, and accustom me to matters of mitzvot and not to matters of transgression, and do not bring me to sin, test, or disgrace. May the good inclination rule over me and not the evil inclination. Save me from evil occurrences and serious illnesses, and may not frighten me,' etc."