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Structurally, Birkat Hamazon is composed of four blessings. The first blessing , also called birkat hazan , praises God for sustaining life and providing food for all creatures. Often when a group has eaten together this blessing is sung out loud.
Translation. Sovereign God of the universe, we praise You: Your goodness sustains the world. You are the God of grace, love, and compassion, the Source of bread for all who live; for Your love is everlasting. In Your great goodness we need never lack for food; You provide food enough for all.
At a wedding feast, the Seven Blessings ("Sheva Berachot") are recited here. If one recited the Blessing After A Meal over a cup of wine: Blessed are You, L-rd our G‑d, King of the universe, who creates the fruit of the vine.
Birkat Hamazon is actually made up of four smaller blessings: Birkat Hazan, Birkat Ha’aretz, Birkat Yerushalayim, and Birkat HaTov V’Hameitiv. Birkat Hazan – The Blessing for Food. Not surprisingly, the Grace After Meals begins with a blessing for food. We bless and thank God for the food He has provided, not just to us but to the whole ...
Birkat Hamazon is made up of four blessings. The first three blessings are regarded as required by scriptural law: The food: A blessing of thanks for the food was traditionally composed by Moses (Berakhot 48b) in gratitude for the manna which the Children of Israel ate in the wilderness during the Exodus from Egypt.
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Birkat Hamazon: Grace After Bread (Bentching) "And you shall eat, and be sated, and bless the L-rd your G‑d " ( Deuteronomy 8:10). Grace After Bread consists of four primary blessings — the first composed by Moses when the manna came down from heaven in the desert, the second by Joshua when the Children of Israel ate from the first harvest ...
QUESTION: Who composed the Birkat Hamazon? ANSWER: According to the Gemara (Berachot 48b), Moshe composed the berachah of “Hazan” — “Who nourishes” — for the Jews when the manna fell from heaven. Yehoshua composed “Birkat Ha’aretz” — “the berachah for the land” — when the Jews entered Eretz Yisrael.
