Blessing on Food

A step-by-step guide to the blessings recited on the various food groups. Includes Hebrew, English and transliterated texts

An in-depth exploration of the laws associated with the recitation of blessings

Mindful eating begins by opening a channel. Tzvi Freeman works backwards, step by step, disclosing the thoughts behind a mindful blessing.

If you were a granola bar about to be eaten, what would you have to celebrate?

In addition to the biblically mandated Grace After Meals, the Sages ordained that "one should not derive benefit from this world without first reciting a blessing." Making a blessing before eating is tantamount to "asking permission" from G-d, ...

The Kabbalists teach that with the simple act of eating fruit on Tu B'Shvat we "rectify" the sin of Adam and Eve. To understand the dynamics of this cosmic repair, we most first explore the mystic significance of pleasure...

Making a blessing before eating is how we acknowledge the creator who provides us with the food; now that you know the why, read of the what and how

As far as I know, tempeh is made primarily of soybeans molded into a solid homogeneous mass where the individual bean is no longer clearly identifiable. The blessing therefore becomes Shehakol, the blessing made on not recognizably organic items. ...

In commenting on one of the blessings in the Priestly Benediction, the Talmud reveals an important aspect of the Jew's attitude to Judaism.

Shmuel A water chestnut is part of the root, or corm, of a grass-like sedge. The blessing that should be recited before eating it would therefore be "Borei pri ha'adama" as this is considered a vegetable. These should not be confused with the chestnuts ...