Birkat Hazone

The word “birkat” ( Hebrew ברכה brákha “blessing”) comes from the word “knee” ^[1] . The word "mason" ( Hebrew מזון mason "food") is found in the Pentateuch of Moses (Genesis 45.23). "Birkat Hazazon" - letters. "The blessing of food."

• Blessed are You, Lord, our God, the Eternal King, Nourishing us and the world with all of Your good, mercy and mercy and love! Blessed are you, Lord, Nourishing all!

• We thank you, Lord, our God, because you have given us the land we have desired, good and spacious, a covenant, and a Torah of life, and food, and for all of them we thank you and bless your name forever and ever! Blessed are you, Lord, for the earth and for food!

• Have mercy, Lord, our God, to us, to Israel, to your people, and to Jerusalem, your degree, and to your sanctuary, and your temple, and to Zion, the abode of your glory, and to the great and holy house that you, He named him in His own name, and you will remember the kingdom of the house of David to his place in our days, and restore Jerusalem soon! Blessed are you, the Lord, Building Jerusalem! Amen. ^[2]

The Talmud decided to say the blessing “Blessed are you, Lord, our God, the Eternal King, Who brought the bread out of the earth” (Talmud Brakhot 38b) before, and the four blessings of Birkat ha-Mason after eating a certain amount of bread (Talmud Brakhot 48b). The first blessing is about food, the second is about land, the third is about Jerusalem, ending with the word “Amen”, which shows that at first Birkat Hazazon consisted of only three blessings.

The Talmud decided to speak Birkat Hazazon on behalf of the entire community, even when a Jew blesses God alone. An example would be an early brief blessing after a four-word meal in the Judeo-Aramaic of the Talmud, which today has expanded to more than three hundred and fifty biblical Hebrew words in Birkat Hazone. The Talmud indicates that the words “Our Gracious” be inserted in the blessing (Talmud Brakhot 40b).

בריך מריה דהאי פיתא

(Blessed be the Lord ^[3] , Giving a cake [of bread]) ^[4]

Parchments with text called “Birkat-Mason” (not “Birkat ha-Mason”) were found in the Cairo geniza . Siddur of Amram Gaon contains Birkat Hazonon only in the version for funeral commemoration.

Modern Siddur contains a blessing designed to bless God after eating fruit. This is a blessing without the word “amen” at the end. This blessing is the unification of the second and third in Birkat Hazone.

Blessed are you, the Lord, our God, the Eternal King, for the tree, and for the fruit of the tree, and for the field, and for the harvest of the field, and for the desired land, good and spacious, which you wanted and gave to our fathers as an inheritance! Have mercy on your people, and your city, and your sanctuary, and restore your holy city sooner in our days, and eat its fruits, and be satisfied with its blessings, and bless you for it in holiness and purity! Blessed are you, Lord, for the earth, and for the fruits of the earth! ^[five]

The Pentateuch of Moses indicates the commandment to bless God after eating the seven fruits of the earth where God brought the Jews (Deuteronomy 8.6-10). But this commandment is obligatory for a Jew only if he lives on that land. The Pentateuch of Moses does not report the text of the blessing after eating the fruits of the land of the commandments, and does not report either three blessings or four. The Pentateuch of Moses does not report eating a certain amount of the fruit of the land of commandments, after which to say a blessing to God, but only mentions saturation.

Keep the commandments of the Lord your God to walk in His ways and fear Him, because the Lord your God leads you to a good land, to a land where streams of water, springs and lakes come out of valleys and mountains, to a land where wheat is barley, vines, fig trees and pomegranates, to the land, where olive trees and date trees, to the land where you will eat bread without poverty and you will have no shortage, to the land where the stones are iron and from the mountains which you will carve copper. And when you eat and be satisfied, then bless the Lord your God for the good land that He gave you ^[6] .

The Hebrew Bible mentions prayer in the morning ^[7] , at noon ^[8] , in the evening ^[9] (Psalms 54.18 synod.).

In the evening and in the morning and at noon I will beg and cry, and He will hear my voice ^[10]

The apocryphal Christian work of Didache , intended for study by the person who wants to be baptized, contains blessings before and after partaking of the bread and wine of the sacrament. Before drinking wine, it is intended to say the following thanksgiving (Didah 9).

We thank you, our Father, for the holy grape ^{[11] of} David, your servant, who you have revealed to us through Jesus, your servant! Glory to you forever! ^[12]

Before eating a loaf of bread, the following thanksgiving is intended (Didache 9).

We thank you, our Father, for the life and knowledge that you revealed to us through Jesus, your servant! Glory to you forever! As this refracted flat cake [bread], scattered over the hills ^[13] and gathered together ^[14] became one, so you gather Your Community from the ends of the earth into Your kingdom ^[15] , therefore to You glory and power through Jesus Christ forever and ever ! ^[16] .

After eating bread and wine, it is intended to say the following triple thanksgiving, ending with the word “Amen” (Didache 10). Thanksgiving described in Didach bear the ritual liturgical meaning of the Eucharist .

• We thank you, Holy Father, for your holy name that you instilled in our hearts, and for the knowledge, and faith, and immortality that you revealed to us through Jesus, your servant! Glory to you forever!

• You are the Lord Almighty ^[17] , you have done everything for your name, you have given food and drink to people to thank you, and you have given us spiritual food and drink and eternal life through your servant. Above all, we thank you because you are strong! Glory to you forever!

• Remember, Lord, Your Community! Deliver her from all evil! And fill her with your love! And gather her from the four winds, consecrated to Your kingdom, which You have prepared for her! Therefore to you power and glory forever! May mercy come, and may the present world order cease! Hosanna ^{[18] to} God David! If anyone is holy, let him begin ^[19] ; if not, let him repent ^[20] ! Maran ata ^[21] . Amen. ^[22]

The Gospels describe the custom of the Eucharist: blessing before eating bread, thanksgiving before drinking wine, singing a psalm after eating bread and wine (Mark 14.22-26; Matthew 26.26-30; Luke 22.17-20).

While eating, [Jesus] took the bread, blessed it, broke it, and gave it to them, and said: Take it! This body is mine. And he took the cup, thanked ^[23] , gave it to them, and they all drank from it. And he said to them: This is the blood of my covenant, shed for many. Amen. I tell you: I will no longer drink from the fruit of the vine until the day when I drink the new in the kingdom of God. And, singing the hymn, they went to the olive mountain ^[24] .

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Birkat Hazone article in the Electronic Jewish Encyclopedia