Birkat Hamazon

Birkat Hamazon , ( Name 1 ), known in English as the Grace After Meals , ( ; translit. bentshn or "to bench"; Yinglish : Benching ), is a set of Hebrew blessings that Jewish Law prescribes following a meal that includes bread or matzoh made from one or all of wheat , barley , rye , oats , spelt . It is a matter of rabbinic dispute whether birkat hamazon must be said after eating certain other bread-like foods such as pizza . Birkat hamazon is typically read to oneself after ordinary meals and often sung aloud on special occasions such as the Shabbat and festivals . The blessing can be found in almost all prayerbooks and is often printed in a variety of artistic styles in a small booklet called a birchon in Hebrew or bentcher in Yiddish . Pizza and birkat hamazon

Birkat Hamazon or Birkath Hammazon ( Name 1 ), known in English as the Grace After Meals , ( ; translit. bentshn or "to bless", from Latin benedicere ; Yinglish : Benching ), is a set of Hebrew blessings that Jewish Law prescribes following a meal that includes bread or matzoh made from one or all of wheat , barley , rye , oats , spelt . It is a matter of rabbinic dispute whether birkat hamazon must be said after eating certain other bread-like foods such as pizza . Birkat hamazon is typically read to oneself after ordinary meals and often sung aloud on special occasions such as the Shabbat and festivals . The blessing can be found in almost all prayerbooks and is often printed in a variety of artistic styles in a small booklet called a birchon (or birkon , ברכון ) in Hebrew or bencher (or bentcher ) in Yiddish . Weinreich, History of the Yiddish Language Pizza and birkat hamazon

Jewish blessings after meals The start of the blessing, in a siddur from the city of Fürth , 1738 Birkat Hamazon ( "The Blessing of the Food"), known in English as the Grace After Meals ( "to bless", Yinglish : Bentsching ), is a set of Hebrew blessings that Jewish law prescribes following a meal that includes at least a kezayit (olive-sized) piece of bread . It is understood as a mitzvah (Biblical commandment) based on Deuteronomy 8:10. Birkat Hamazon is recited after a meal containing bread or similar foods that is made from the five grains , with the exception of bread that comes as a dessert ( pas haba'ah b'kisanin ) and food that does not possess the form or appearance of bread ( torisa d'nahama ), in which case a blessing that summarizes the first three blessings ( birkat me'ein shalosh ) is recited instead. It is a matter of rabbinic dispute whether Birkat Hamazon must be said after eating certain other bread-like foods such as pizza . Except in teaching situations, Birkat Hamazon is typically read individually after ordinary meals. The blessing can be found in almost all siddurs and is often printed in a variety of artistic styles in a small booklet called a birchon (or birkon , בִּרְכּוׂן ‎) in Hebrew or bencher (or bentscher ) in Yiddish . The length of the different brakhot hamazon can vary considerably, from bentsching in under half a minute to more than five minutes. See the Rema's gloss, which defines what torisa denahama means. Pizza and birkat hamazon The shortest known Birkat Hamazon would be that in the Siddur of Saadia Gaon .

Jewish blessings after meals The start of the blessing, in a siddur from the city of Fürth , 1738 Birkat Hamazon ( Hebrew : בִּרְכַּת הַמָּזוׂן , romanized : birkath hammāzôn "The Blessing of the Food"), known in English as the Grace After Meals ( Yiddish : בענטשן , romanized : benchen "to bless", Yinglish : Bentsching ), is a set of Hebrew blessings that Jewish law prescribes following a meal that includes at least a kezayit (olive-sized) piece of bread . It is understood as a mitzvah (Biblical commandment) based on Deuteronomy 8:10. Birkat Hamazon is recited after a meal containing bread or similar foods that is made from the five grains , with the exception of bread that comes as a dessert ( pas haba'ah b'kisanin ) and food that does not possess the form or appearance of bread ( torisa d'nahama ), in which case a blessing that summarizes the first three blessings ( birkat me'ein shalosh ) is recited instead. It is a matter of rabbinic dispute whether Birkat Hamazon must be said after eating certain other bread-like foods such as pizza . Except in teaching situations, Birkat Hamazon is typically read individually after ordinary meals. The blessing can be found in almost all siddurs and is often printed in a variety of artistic styles in a small booklet called a birchon (or birkon , בִּרְכּוׂן ‎) in Hebrew or bencher (or bentscher ) in Yiddish . The length of the different brakhot hamazon can vary considerably, from bentsching in under half a minute to more than five minutes. See the Rema's gloss, which defines what torisa denahama means. Pizza and birkat hamazon The shortest known Birkat Hamazon would be that in the Siddur of Saadia Gaon .