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This brief post by Rabbi Baruch Davidson outlines the laws, customs and meaning behind the commandment to wash one’s fingertips

This two page article by Jennifer Breger summarizes the complicated subject of a women’s participation in a “Zimmun,” (literally, “invitation”)

This two page PDF document includes a variety of blessings, meditations, teachings and customs to be performed before, during and

This post presents the Hebrew text for the Nusach Baladi Grace After Meals used by many Yemenite Jews. The blessing

This short excerpt from Wikipedia briefly presents the various customs as to which Psalms are traditionally recited prior to the

The one-line version of the Grace After Meals, presented below in Aramaic, English and transliterated, has been adopted for general use

This thorough and informative article explains the structure, content, and development of the Grace After Meals, as well as some

In this 3.5 minute video, Rabbi Janet Ross Marder demonstrates how the blessing over the children allows family members to express their

This minute long video demonstrates how to recite the blessing over the children for both sons and daughters in Hebrew

In this 2:43 long video, Rabbi Yitz Wyne, the founder and spiritual leader of Young Israel Aish of Las Vegas,