Rosh HaShanah Blessings: On Apples and Honey to Celebrate the New Year
Pick up a slice of apple, dip it in honey, and say:
Mi Shebeirach - Prayer for Healing
Passover Evening Blessings: Kiddush - Blessing over the Wine, Shabbat Version
Blessing over the wine for the festival of Passover when the seder falls on Friday night. The Shehecheyanu (see below) is recited after the kiddush, immediately before drinking the wine
Blessings for Festival and Yom Tov Candle Lighting
Prayer for Victims of Fire
As we gather this Shabbat, each in our own communities, we are united by the grief and anguish we feel over the destruction of homes and lives by fire this week.
Shabbat Blessings: Upon Lighting the Candles
Shabbat and Holiday Blessings: Blessing over Children
Shabbat Blessings: HaMotzi - Blessing Over Bread Before a Meal
Say this blessing before eating bread (challah) at the beginning of a meal on Shabbat.
Shabbat Blessings: Psalm 126 - Shir Hamaalot
On Shabbat, holidays and at certain other festive meals, begin Birkat HaMazon (grace after meals) with "A Pilgrim's Song."
Shabbat Conclusion: Havdalah Blessings
The Havdalah service marks the separation between the end of Shabbat and the new week.