Archive for 2018
Rabbi Yitz Wyne Explains the Blessing Over the Children
In this 2:43 long video, Rabbi Yitz Wyne, the founder and spiritual leader of Young Israel Aish of Las Vegas,
How to Perform the Blessings Over the Children
This minute long video demonstrates how to recite the blessing over the children for both sons and daughters in Hebrew
The Blessing Over the Children as an Expression of Love
In this 3.5 minute video, Rabbi Janet Ross Marder demonstrates how the blessing over the children allows family members to express their
Rabbi Teaches Congregants the Blessing Over the Children
In these two short videos, one for sons and one for daughters, Rabbi Marc Kline teachers parents at the Reform
Prayer for the Peace of Two States for Two Peoples (for the Birkat Hamazon)
This Hebrew and English text by Ira Tick is a prayer for a peaceful, just solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict
Grace After Meals Meditation Based on Traditional Sources
This post suggests a Grace After Meals mediation for gratitude, intention, and blessing, based on two separate verses from Jewish
A Social Justice Themed Thanksgiving Adaptation of the Grace After Meals
This post presents an English adaptation of the traditional Grace After Meals written by Interfaith Workers Justice, an American organization that
By the Sweat of Their Brow: An Alternative Humanist Grace After Meals
This post offers two poems in Hebrew and English, excerpts from Dr. Tzemah Yoreh‘s work, “By the Sweat of their Brow,
Blessing the Spirit of All-which-Lives after Eating and Feeling Satiated: An Ecological Grace After Meals
This post provides the PDF file of “Haveri Nevarekh: Blessing the Spirit of All-which-Lives after Eating and Feeling Satiated: A Birkon” by
An Original Blessing of the Children and the Parents
This video show the recitation of an original blessing for the protection and joy of families during a unique Kabbalat