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Grace After meals is so long!!!!!!!!
Especially when one is rushing here or there.....
Just telling you how i feel.
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I liked this article. I always say a little prayer before I eat "Blessed art though G-d....for everything came into being with His word.
But this seems like a more complete finishing of the circle from beginning to the end of a meal. Thank you again for a nice article :)
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It is really good to have this Prayer, thank you once again for your generosity, Chabad!
I can understand the previous writer feeling that the prayer is so long, and who am I to criticise? I would just like to point out though, that making time to recite these prayers is, to me, a way of fulfilling the 1st and 2nd commandments; not to have any other god before G-d. If we haven't enough time for a prayer, is He really 1st in our lives?
It's funny how much time we make for other things. One of the many beautiful things about Judaism is that one is constantly reminded of G-d all day every day; waking up, washing hands, before eating, after eating, and more. I love this.
Shalom
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Is there a shorter version that can be said for Grace After Meals> And is there a general Grace Before Meals that one can say instead of all all the little ones for each food?
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While there isn't a shorter Grace After Meals which is said after eating bread you can start by saying the first paragraph and slowly add more as you are able.
There is no general Grace said before meals, we thank G-d for each specific food item we eat, unless we eat bread, in which case, the blessing on bread covers all the blessings and exempts one from reciting the others.
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Am I right in thinking that this long prayer is only for meals with bread? All other meals without bread count as 'snacks' which only need the other shorter after-blessings?
Thank you for all the updates and information. This website is excellent.
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That's right Clare, this is the Grace After Meals which is said after eating bread. See this link for the shorter version said after eating other types of foods.
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Hi Ezza,
I absolutely agree with you about G-d being No. 1 in our lives but sometimes , well very often, when pressure is on...one rushes off after eating. But i do agree with you. We are so constantly reminded of G-d.
Just wish I was more disciplined.
Clare you asked for the Grace in hebrew. Don't we the grace for the other foods in our prayer book?
Thank you for bringing up "bread" and the longer Grace after Meals. Why is that? Why does bread play such a prominent role ?
Thank you.
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I am trying to do 100 Mitzvot so my niece's name/life will be for a blessing. I would like to try to remember to say Grace after eating. Is it OK to do this even when my food isn't Kosher?
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Yes, it is okay to say Grace After Meals even when one's food isn't kosher.
I'm in the process of converting to Judaism, and my thought is this: to learn GAM first in English, then later in Hebrew.
I feel such joy in taking the time and saying GAM. I haven't learned much by heart yet, but I'm learning it, piece by piece.
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We make a blessing on food because 1. We acknowledge that G-d created the food, and thank Him for it. 2. All matter exists because within it is a spark of G dliness. The blessing activates and elevates this spark, so the food nourishes us physically and spiritually.
Regarding a blessing on non-kosher food: 1. It's a mockery to thank G d for un-kosher food that one eats in opposition to His will. 2. Although all physical matter contains G dly sparks, in some cases the Divine energy is accessible to us; in others not. Our purpose is to elevate these sparks; when the Divine energy is not accessible, these objects are prohibited to us. The Divine energy in non-kosher food is so tightly imprisoned that we cannot access it. Hence, no blessing.
This applies where you know definitely that a food is not kosher – say, a cheeseburger, or a shrimp cocktail. But if you do not know for sure that it’s not kosher – i.e., it may be kosher, although it has no kosher certification, then you may recite a blessing or the Grace over it.
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If one can not begin to eat dinner until AFTER sundown on Saturday night, do they say the weekday portion or Shabbat portion?
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After enjoying a post-Shabbat dinner (known as "melava malkah"), you do not insert the special Shabbat portions.
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In recent years, I've been getting ever so slightly more religious in tiny, little increments, and not without plenty of alternation between backsliding and steps forward. So, for example, I've been making increasing attempts to keep kosher, but for me it's still relative; relative to the choices I used to make, I eat far less traif than I used to, but compared to the really pious Jews I know, I've still a ways to go.
The other day, I purchased some food which I knew wasn't fully Kosher, but in my relativist thinking I thought that it would be "relatively" Kosher. "It's chicken," I thought, "and while I suspect that it might not have been slaughtered in a Kosher manner, at least it's not a forbidden animal." Well, much to my embarassment, when I bit into it, I tasted ham mixed in with it. I used to like ham, but I think learning Torah has made it "detestable" to me now. I told G-d that I was sorry, but I thanked Him for keeping me alive none the less.
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