Blessing After Meals: Practical Parshah - Eikev
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Blessing after Meals Struck a chord with me. I have to give a D'var Torah this week (Eikev) and after much thought decided on Birchat HaMazon. You have given me much food for thought (no pun intended). Very eloquent and sobering and timely. Reply
Truly, the Jews are G-d's people and I have always contended them as one proof of G-d's existence apart from the Bible.
About this lesson, basically, there's no real blessing despite being filled or being successful without remembering " that everything is a gift from G-d".
Thank you.
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Not taking things for granted Life is so short already- how can we not acknowledge the abundance that surrounds us? In fact, too much and far beyond what most of us need. Reply
From pride to tears. Your holy sermon chased pride away, to bring streaming guilty tears as a sign of profound understanding ; manifesting the sin of omission ie the sin of ingratitude. G-d have mercy on me and us grace-less people. Amen. Reply
Blessing After Meals Beautifully put it! Rabbi Kaplan, I never connected the birkat hamazon until you teached today, the essence behind it is not to forget HaShem, and we should remember in everything we do and have. Thank You, great teaching Rabbi. Reply
Blessing after Meals
Rabbi Kaplan, Thank you for your passionate and thorough lecture on eikev. What a beautiful manner of presentatoin. Futiliity of ego, unreasonable arrogance and the simplicity of the opportunity to reach out to include others in the blessings the Great and Holy One bestowed on us.
And He saw it was good.
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Thanks for the lesson Rabbi