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Shabbat and Holiday Blessings: Blessing over Children
It is traditional to bless children each Shabbat and on every holiday. The Priestly Blessing, or Birkat Kohanim, comes from the Book of Numbers in Torah and, as a three-fold blessing, asks for the recipient or community to be blessed with grace, blessing and peace.
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.
Daily Blessings: Birkat HaMazon (Grace After Meals) - Short Version
Learn how to sing the blessings for grace after meals.
Daily Blessings: Birkat HaMazon (Grace After Meals) - Long Version
Chaverim vachaveirot n'vareich!
Worship Services: Blessings for Reading the Torah
Learn the blessings for before and after the reading of the Torah.
Shabbat Morning Worship Services: Blessings on Reading the Haftarah
Prior to chanting the Haftarah (a reading from Prophets or Writings that varies weekly), the reader says:
Shabbat Morning Blessings: Kiddush
Fill a Kiddush cup with wine or grape juice. Raise it and recite...