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Special Brachot - benedictions - are traditionally said in Hebrew before eating any food or drinking any beverage. Each benediction begins baruch atah adonai elokeinu melech haolam (Blessed Are You G-d, our Lord, King of the World). For Bread: "... Hamotzie lechem myn ha'aretz." (Who brings forth bread from the ground)
Blessings Over Food (1) Båruch Atå Adonoy Eloheinu Melech hå’olåm, boray p’ri ha’gåffen. Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the universe, Who creates the fruit of the vine. Båruch Atå Adonoy Eloheinu Melech hå’olåm, Bo’ray minay mizonot. Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the universe, Who creates species of nourishment.
Guide to Jewish Food Blessings - Free download as (.rtf), PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. A guide explaining which blessings are said by observant Jews before and after eating along with the blessings both in English and transliterated from Hebrew.
A Guide to Jewish Food Blessings: Motzi and Beyond For many of us, the first blessing we learned was some version of what we often call “the motzi.” This simple blessing, praising God for bringing bread from the earth, serves as a blessing over an entire meal.
13 maj 2004 · There are prescribed blessings that must be said after eating all foods, not just hamotzi. On mezonot foods, we recite an al hamichya blessing. On all other foods, with the exception of the seven fruits of Israel and wine, we say a borei nefashot blessing. See Jewish laws of blessings after eating.
Jews traditionally recite a short blessing before eating any food, be it meal or snack. There are different blessings for different categories of food including fruits (that grow on trees), vegetables (that grow on the ground), grains, miscellaneous (foods that do not grow in soil, like dairy and meat), bread, and wine.
Whenever a food is eaten in an uncommon manner, the proper blessing on it is Shehakol. So, for example, if one eats plain flour, the blessing is Shehakol (Berachos 36a). Similarly, plain coffee beans are not commonly eaten, so the blessing on them is Shehakol.
