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Shabbat

Candle lighting blessings before Shabbat

(Havdalah

Havdalah

Havdalah is a Judaism ceremony that marks the symbolic end of Shabbat and holidays, and ushers in the new week. In Judaism, Shabbat ends?and the new week begins?at nightfall on Saturday....
 is recited Saturday night, usually about an hour after sunset

Sunset

File:Sunset 2007-1.jpgSunset is the daily disappearance of the sun below the horizon as a result of the Earth's rotation. The atmospheric conditions created by the setting of the sun are also commonly referred to as "a sunset"....
, measured as the time when three stars appear in the sky, at which time Shabbat

Shabbat

Shabbat or Shabbos , is the weekly day of rest in Judaism, symbolizing the seventh day in Genesis, after the six days of creation. Though it is commonly said to be the Saturday of each week, it is observed from sundown on Friday until the appearance of three stars in the sky on Saturday night....
 is over.)

Havdalah

Havdalah

Havdalah is a Judaism ceremony that marks the symbolic end of Shabbat and holidays, and ushers in the new week. In Judaism, Shabbat ends?and the new week begins?at nightfall on Saturday....
 is a ceremony consisting of four blessings.

First, since havdalah is recited over a cup of wine, the blessing on wine is said:

Transliteration: Barukh ata Adonai Eloheinu melekh ha-olam, bo're p'ri hagafen.

Translation: "Blessed are You, , our God, King of the universe, who creates the fruit of the vine."

Then, spices are smelled, preceded by the blessing on smelling spices:

:Transliteration: Barukh ata Adonai Eloheinu melekh ha-olam, bo're minei b'samim.

Translation: "Blessed are You, , our God, King of the universe, who creates varieties of spices."

The spices are then passed around and smelled by those present.

Next, a multi-wicked candle, which has already been lit, is viewed, preceded by the blessing:

Transliteration: Barukh ata Adonai Eloheinu melekh ha-olam, bo're m'orei ha-esh.

Translation: "Blessed are You, , our God, King of the universe, who creates the lights of the fire."

The candle is held up in the air and those present look at the reflection of the light on their fingernails.

Last is a blessing of praise for God's separating the holy from the every-day:

Transliteration: Barukh ata Adonai Eloheinu melekh ha-olam, ha-mavdil bein kodesh l'hol, bein or l'hoshekh, bein yisra'el la-amim, bein yom ha-sh'vi'i l'sheshet y'mei ha-ma'a'se. Barukh ata Adonai, ha-mavdil bein kodesh l'hol.

Translation: "Blessed are You, , our God, King of the universe, who distinguishes between the sacred and the secular, between light and dark, between Israel and the nations, between the seventh day and the six days of labor. Blessed are You, , who distinguishes between the sacred and the secular."

Hanukkah

Transliteration: Barukh ata Adonai Eloheinu melekh ha-olam, asher kid'shanu b'mitzvotav v'tzivanu l'hadlik ner (shel) hanuka.

Translation: "Blessed are You, , our God, King of the universe, who has sanctified us with His commandments and commanded us to kindle the Hanukkah light[s]."

Transliteration: Barukh ata Adonai Eloheinu melekh ha-olam, she-asa nisim la-avoteinu ba-yamim ha-heim ba-z'man ha-ze.

Translation: "Blessed are you, , our God, King of the universe, who performed miracles for our ancestors in those days at this time."

Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (The High Holy Days)

Transliteration: Barukh ata Adonai Eloheinu melekh ha-olam, asher kid'shanu b'mitzvotav v'tzivanu l'hadlik ner shel yom tov.

Translation: "Blessed are You, , our God, King of the universe, who has sanctified us with His commandments and commanded us to light the holiday candle[s]."

On Rosh Hashanah eve, at the start of the festive meal, it is customary to dip some cut raw apples into some honey as symbolic of asking God to grant a sweet new year.

The blessings for the apple

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s and honey

Honey

Honey is a sweet fluid produced by honey bees , and derived from the nectar of flowers. According to the United States National Honey Board and various international food regulations, "honey stipulates a pure product that does not allow for the addition of any other substance?this includes, but is not limited to, water or other sweeteners...
:

Transliteration: Barukh ata Adonai, Eloheinu, melekh ha-olam, bo're p'ri ha-etz.

Translation: "Blessed are You, , our God, King of the universe, who creates the fruit of the tree."

A bite of apple dipped in honey is eaten, which is followed by:

Transliteration: Y'hi ratzon mil'fanekha, Adonai Eloheinu velohei avoteinu, shet'hadesh aleinu shana tova um'tuka.

Translation: "May it be Your will, our God and God of our ancestors, that you renew for us a good and sweet year."

Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles)

Main articles: Sukkot

Sukkot

Sukkot , is a Hebrew Bible pilgrimage Jewish holiday that occurs in autumn on the 15th day of the month of Tishrei . The holiday lasts seven days, including Chol Hamoed....
 and Sukkah: Traditional blessings upon entering a Sukkah

Sukkah

A sukkah is a temporary dwelling that Jews use during the holiday of Sukkot....

Shehe?eyanu ("Who has kept us alive")

For putting on tzitzit

The tzitzit are first inspected to make sure they are properly intact before wearing the tallit katan. While holding the tallit katan, in readiness to put it on, the following blessing is recited.

Transliteration: Barukh atah Adonai Eloheinu melekh ha-olam, asher kid'shanu b'mitzvotav, v'tzivanu al mitzvat tzitzit.

Translation: "Blessed are You, , our God, King of the universe, Who has sanctified us with His commandments, and commanded us regarding the commandment of fringes."

After donning the tallit katan, many kiss the tziztit; some additionally say the following:

Transliteration: Y'hi ratzon mil'fanekha, Adonai Elohai velohei avotai, she-t'hei hashuva mitzvat tzitzit l'fanekha, k'ilu kiyamtiha b'khol p'rateha v'dikdukeha v'khavanoteha, v'taryag mitzvot ha-t'luyim bah. Amen, Selah.

Translation: "May there be the desire before You, , my God and the God of my forefathers, that the commandment of fringes should be considered before You as if I had fulfilled it in all its aspects, its details and its intentions, as well as the 613 commandments that are dependent on it. Amen

Amen

The word Amen is a declaration of affirmation found in the Hebrew Bible and New Testament. Its use in Judaism dates back to its earliest texts....
, Selah

Selah

Selah may be the most difficult word in the Hebrew Bible to translate. Selah is probably either a liturgico-musical mark or an instruction on the reading of the text, something like "stop and listen"....
."

On inspection of the tzitzit

Before putting on the tallit

After wrapping the tallit around the body

For putting on tefillin

Before the strap of the arm-tefillin is fastened, the following blessing is said:

Transliteration: Barukh ata Adonai Eloheinu melekh ha-olam, asher kid'shanu b'mitzvotav v'tzivanu l'hani'ah t'filin.

Translation: "Blessed are you, , our God, King of the universe, Who has sanctified us with His commandments and has commanded us to put on tefillin."

Sephardic and Hasidic authorities are of the opinion that the blessing on laying the head-tefillin is not necessary and the one blessing on laying the arm-tefillin is sufficient. Ashkenazim, however, do recite a second blessing on the head-tefillin, before tightening it around the head:

Transliteration: Barukh ata Adonai Eloheinu melekh ha-olam, asher kid'shanu b'mitzvotav v'tzivanu al mitzvat t'filin.

Translation: "Blessed are you, , our God, King of the universe, Who has sanctified us with His commandments and has commanded us regarding the commandment of tefillin."

Because of the doubt as to the necessity of this blessing, it is followed by a statement of praise, so as not to have uttered God's name in vain:

Transliteration: Barukh shem k'vod malkhuto l'olam va'ed.

Translation: "Blessed is the Name of His glorious kingdom for ever and ever."

The remainder of the arm-tefillin straps are then wound three times around the middle finger and around the hand. This is traditionally accompanied by the recitation of :

Transliteration: V'erastikh li l'olam, v'erastikh li b'tzedek u-v'mishpat u-v'hesed u-v'rachamim. V'erastikh li b'emuna v'yadat et Adonai.

Translation: "And I will betroth you to Myself for ever; I will betroth you to Myself in righteousness, and in justice, and in lovingkindness, and in compassion. And I will betroth you to Myself in faithfulness; and you shall know the ."

Blessings during a meal

The hands are ritually washed before partaking of certain staples of life.

In the Ashkenazic tradition and some Sephardic and other communities, it is done before eating bread. In some Sephardic rites and in the German community originating in Frankfurt it is done before drinking wine and or eating bread, alone or with the wine (such as would be done before a Sabbath or festive meal) at which time this blessing is said:

Transliteration: Barukh ata Adonai Eloheinu melekh ha-olam, asher kid'shanu b'mitzvotav v'tzivanu al n'tilat yadayim.

Translation: "Blessed are you, , our God, King of the universe, who has sanctified us with His commandments and commanded us concerning washing of hands."

This blessing is made only for bread

Bread

Bread is a staple food prepared by baking a dough of flour and water. It may be leavened or unleavened. Edible salt, fat and a leavening agent such as yeast are common ingredients, though bread may contain a range of other ingredients: milk, Egg , sugar, spice, fruit , vegetables , Nut or seeds ....
 made from one or all of wheat

Wheat

Wheat , is a worldwide cultivated Poaceae from the Levant region of the Middle East. Globally, after maize, wheat is the second most-produced food among the cereal just above rice....
, barley

Barley

Barley is an annual plant cereal grain derived from the grass Hordeum vulgare. It serves as a major animal feed crop, with smaller amounts used for malting and in health food, as well as the making of alcoholic beverages beer and whisky....
, rye

Rye

Rye is a Poaceae grown extensively as a grain and forage crop. It is a member of the wheat tribe and is closely related to barley and wheat. Rye grain is used for flour, rye bread, rye beer, some rye whiskey, some vodkas, and animal fodder....
, oat

Oat

The common oat is a species of Cereal Agriculture for its seed, which is known by the same name . While oats are suitable for human consumption as oatmeal and rolled oats, one of the most common uses is as livestock feed....
s, spelt

Spelt

Spelt is a hexaploid species of wheat. Spelt was an important staple in parts of Europe from the Bronze Age to medieval times; it now survives as a relict crop in Central Europe and has found a new market as a health food....
.

Transliteration: Barukh ata Adonai Eloheinu melekh ha-olam, ha-motzi lehem min ha-aretz.

Translation: "Blessed are you, , our God, King of the universe, who brings forth bread from the earth."

Additionally, appropriate blessings are said on food when not having a full (i.e. bread-based) meal.

There are five halakhic

Halakha

Halakha ? also Hebrew transliteration Halocho and Halacha ? is the collective body of Judaism religious law, including biblical law and later talmudic and rabbinic law, as well as customs and traditions....
"food groups:"

Before eating grain products – M'zonot

Before eating non-bread (e.g. cake) products of wheat

Wheat

Wheat , is a worldwide cultivated Poaceae from the Levant region of the Middle East. Globally, after maize, wheat is the second most-produced food among the cereal just above rice....
, barley

Barley

Barley is an annual plant cereal grain derived from the grass Hordeum vulgare. It serves as a major animal feed crop, with smaller amounts used for malting and in health food, as well as the making of alcoholic beverages beer and whisky....
, rye

Rye

Rye is a Poaceae grown extensively as a grain and forage crop. It is a member of the wheat tribe and is closely related to barley and wheat. Rye grain is used for flour, rye bread, rye beer, some rye whiskey, some vodkas, and animal fodder....
, oat

Oat

The common oat is a species of Cereal Agriculture for its seed, which is known by the same name . While oats are suitable for human consumption as oatmeal and rolled oats, one of the most common uses is as livestock feed....
s, or spelt

Spelt

Spelt is a hexaploid species of wheat. Spelt was an important staple in parts of Europe from the Bronze Age to medieval times; it now survives as a relict crop in Central Europe and has found a new market as a health food....
 (and rice

Rice

Rice is a staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in tropical Latin America, and East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia, making it the second-most consumed cereal grain, after maize....
, according to many opinions):

Transliteration: Barukh ata Adonai Eloheinu Melekh ha-olam, bo're minei m'zonot.

Translation: "Blessed are You, , our God, King of the universe, who creates varieties of nourishment."

Before drinking wine – Ha-Gafen

This blessing is made for wine

Wine

Wine is an alcoholic beverage often made of fermentation grape juice. The natural chemical balance of grapes is such that they can ferment without the addition of sugars, acids, enzymes or other nutrients....
 made from grape

Grape

File:Table grapes on white.jpgA grape is the non-Climacteric #In_botany fruit that grows on the Perennial plant and deciduous woody vines of the genus Vitis....
s, but not any other fermented drink. Wine made from other fruits, and other alcohols, require the Shehakol blessing (see below). Also, hands might be ritually washed first depending on the minhag

Minhag

Minhag is an accepted tradition or group of traditions in Judaism. A related concept, Nusach , refers to the traditional order and form of the Jewish services....
 of the person saying the blessing on the grape wine (see above).

Transliteration: Barukh ata Adonai Eloheinu Melekh ha-olam, bo're p'ri ha-gafen.

Translation: "Blessed are You, , our God, King of the universe, who creates the fruit of the vine."

Before eating fruit – Ha-Etz

Transliteration: Barukh ata Adonai Eloheinu Melekh ha-olam, bo're p'ri ha-etz.

Translation: "Blessed are You, , our God, King of the universe, who creates the fruit of the tree."

Before eating non-fruit produce – Ha-Adama

Before eating produce that grew directly from the earth:

Transliteration: Barukh ata Adonai Eloheinu Melekh ha-olam, bo're p'ri ha-adama.

Translation: Blessed are you, , our God, King of the universe, who creates the fruit of the ground."

Before eating other foods – She-Hakol

Before eating or drinking any foods not in the first four categories:

Transliteration: Barukh ata Adonai Eloheinu Melekh ha-olam, she-hakol nih'ye bidvaro.

Translation: "Blessed are you, , our God, King of the universe, through whose word everything comes into being."

On immersion in a Mikvah

This blessing is made on immersion in a mikvah

Mikvah

Mikvah is a ritual bath designed for the purpose of ritual washing in Judaism#Full-body immersion. The word "mikvah", as used in the Hebrew Bible, literally means a "collection" - generally, a collection of water....
 (ritual bath), e.g. by a woman following menstruation. When immersing utensils in a mikvah, the final words are modified to "al-tevliat keilim," or "concerning immersion of utensils."

Transliteration: Barukh ata Adonai Eloheinu melekh ha-olam, asher kid'shanu b'mitzvotav v'tzivanu al ha-t'vila.

Translation: "Blessed are You, , our God, King of the universe, who has sanctified us with His commandments and commanded us concerning immersion."

Blessing for surviving illness or danger

The Birkhat Ha-Gomel blessing is said after surviving illness, childbirth, or danger.

Transliteration:

Blessing: Barukh ata Adonai Eloheinu melekh ha-olam, ha-gomel lahayavim tovot sheg'malani kol tov.

Congregational Response: Amen. Mi sheg'malkha (for a woman: sheg'malayikh) kol tov hu yigmalkha (yigmalayikh) kol tov. Selah.

Translation:

Blessing: "Blessed are You, , our God, King of the Universe, who bestows good things on the unworthy, and has bestowed on me every goodness."

Congregational Response: "Amen. He Who has bestowed on you every goodness, may He continue to bestow on you every goodness. Selah

Selah

Selah may be the most difficult word in the Hebrew Bible to translate. Selah is probably either a liturgico-musical mark or an instruction on the reading of the text, something like "stop and listen"....
."

Note: Most halakhic authorities hold that the Ha-Gomel blessing must be said publicly, in front of a minyan

Minyan

A minyan in Judaism refers to the quorum required for certain Mitzvahs. The traditional minyan for most cases consists of ten men, which continues to be the position with Orthodox Judaism....
 of 10. It is customary for men to say it after being called to the Torah

Torah

The term "Torah" , or Five Books of Moses or Pentateuch, refers to the entirety of Judaism's founding Halakha and ethical religious texts....
. Many Orthodox authorities hold that women are also obligated to say the Birchat Hagomel blessing. The blessing is not time-dependent, and it substitutes in part for the todah (Thanksgiving) offering, one of the classes of korbanot (sacrifices) which women were obligated to offer (e.g. after childbirth) in the days of the Temple in Jerusalem

Temple in Jerusalem

The Temple in Jerusalem or Holy Temple , refers to a series of structures located on the Temple Mount in the old city of Jerusalem. Historically, two temples were built at this location, and a The Third Temple features in Jewish eschatology....
. Accordingly, these authorities say that women are eligible to be counted in the minyan of 10 equally with men for the special purpose of the mitzvah

Mitzvah

This article is about commandments in Judaism. For the Jewish rite of passage, see Bar Mitzvah and Bat MitzvahMitzvah is a word used in Judaism to refer to the 613 Mitzvot given in the Torah and the Mitzvah#Rabbinical_mitzvot instituted later for a total of 620....
 of saying the HaGomel blessing and its congregational response publicly.

See also

• Jewish services
  Jewish services
  
  Jewish services are the prayer recitations that form part of the observance of Judaism. These prayers, often with instructions and commentary, are found in the siddur, the traditional Jewish prayer book....
  
• Siddur
  Siddur
  
  A siddur is a Judaism prayer book, containing a set order of List of Jewish prayers and blessings. This article discusses how some of these prayers evolved, and how the siddur, as we know it today has developed....
  
• Birkat HaHammah
  Birkat HaHammah
  
  Birchat Hachammah refers to a Judaism Jewish prayer that is recited on the Sun once every twenty-eight years.According to Judaism, the Sun has a 28 year solar cycle known as machzor gadol ....
   (blessings for when the Sun
  Sun
  
  The Sun , a G V star, is the star at the center of the Solar System. The Earth and other matter orbit the Sun, which by itself accounts for about 98.6% of the Solar System's mass....
   aligns with the Earth at certain times)
• Berakhah
  Berakhah
  
  In Judaism, a berakhah, bracha, brokhe is a blessing, usually recited at a specific moment during a ceremony or other activity....
  
• Shuckling
  Shuckling
  
  Shuckling, from the Yiddish word meaning "to shake" is the ritual swaying of Jewish worshippers during Jewish services, usually forward and back but also from side to side....
   (Swaying to and fro while praying)
• The Transliterated Siddur
  The Transliterated Siddur
  
  The Transliterated Siddur refers to Siddur Ba-Eir Hei-Teiv -- The Transliterated Siddur, a siddur first published on the internet in 1997, and the first to transliterate the entire service....
  

External links

• - common among Yemenite Jews (audio in Yemenite accented Hebrew)