The blessing of food. The blessing said, mumbled, mumbled, echoed, growled, at least once a day, associatively brings up things written by Rabbi Yochanan David Solomon, the late [in a Jewish eye], which seem relevant to all of us, or at least most of us.<\/p>\r\n
Forget 'most of us', I at least feel transparent next to the text.<\/p>\r\n
\""He blinked and reread the short section from the Shulchan Aruch in his hand and couldn't believe his eyes... "It is forbidden to do work while reciting the blessing.".<\/p>\r\n
... He was somewhat astonished, and tried to digest the practical meaning of this law, while translating it into the language of action. Here he is himself a very diligent and efficient man, when he recites the blessing through the parable of the blessing of food, he sits concentrated and blesses with intention until he has eaten everything, then he gets up, stacks the used plates on the table one on top of the other and places them in the sink, places the bread in the plastic bag, cleans the table of crumbs, and finally wipes the table with a damp cloth and leaves it clean.<\/p>\r\n
While doing this, he continues to say the blessing of the call, which he has known by heart since the age of 6. It doesn't bother him, in the blessing of food, he tells himself, because no special thought or attention is needed to perform these routine and habitual activities.<\/p>\r\n
Who cares if, by the time he finishes the blessing of the meal, he has also used his time effectively and cleared the table?<\/p>\r\n
Now the Shulchan Aruch came and struck him on the head with a club.<\/p>\r\n
\u2022<\/p>\r\n
The new smartphone, better known as a smartphone, is up.\u00a0perhaps<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>An interesting sociological insight. When you type the words "Birkat HaMazon" into the Google search engine, you get results that default to "Birkat HaMazon" (Eastern Jewish blessing).<\/span><\/p>\r\n Even when you reach the page that offers 'Birakat HaMazon according to various versions,' the default is the Eastern Orthodox version. That is to say, the Sephardim, after many years, finally defeated the Ashkenazim in one small battle.<\/p>\r\n Why is the option to recite the blessing of food online offered by the creators of the sites primarily to members of the Mizrahi community? Is this further proof that the majority of religious people in Israel belong to the Mizrahi group?<\/p>\r\n Or is it evidence that religious Spaniards have more access to the Internet, as they are more 'practical', and willing to have some kind of interaction with the life of this world?<\/p>\r\n \u2022<\/p>\r\n Father, the Rosh Yeshiva, really loves the Sephardic version of the guest blessing, as Rabbi Ben Zion Ezrachi, may he be well, told me, son of the Gaon Rabbi Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi, Rosh Yeshiva Ateret Yisrael, and member of the Council of Torah Scholars.<\/p>\r\n And why?<\/p>\r\n Because unlike the Ashkenazi version, the Sephardic version contains the words: May the Merciful bless the owner of this house and the owner of this meal... Happy birthday<\/b> All days in wealth and honor from now on and forever.<\/p>\r\n Brother, this is a blessing, 'Shish and rejoice,' said Rabbi Ben Zion.<\/p>\r\n \u2022<\/p>\r\n Moshe Gafni will be the chairman of the Finance Committee, Yaakov Litzman will be the Minister of Health, Aryeh Deri will be the Minister of Interior, and Yaakov Margi will be the Minister of Religious Affairs.<\/p>\r\n 'The 'malicious government' has fallen, and its harsh decrees have passed from the world - the Haredi street rejoices. Pensions will return, as will scholarships, guaranteed income, property tax discounts, loans, National Insurance payments, and housing grants.<\/p>\r\n And in the blessing of food, the following line appears: And do not call us, O Lord our God, to the offerings of flesh and blood, nor to the offerings of their blood.<\/p>\r\n \u2022<\/p>\r\n The verse, "May God bless us and the whole world in his goodness, in his grace, in his mercy, in his long life, and in his abundant mercies," is especially interesting when reflecting on certain Jews who lived in Europe between 1939 and 1945, and on the famine-stricken people in Afghanistan, India, and Bangladesh today.<\/p>\r\n By the way, the total number of people living in malnutrition in the world today is 925 million. Some of them are dying in the streets of cities, thrown like garbage on the side of the road.<\/p>\r\n What were these people thinking and contemplating when they said these words? Where is that G-d who graced, favored, and mercifully blessed the entire world?<\/p>\r\n This is a theological question, to which a believer is clear that there is an answer, and yet it is not simple and trivial.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"How did Rabbi Salomon's man manage to clear the table, fill the sink, and even pass a damp cloth while reciting the blessing on the food? \u2022 Why does Rabbi Ezrachi like the 'guest blessing' in the Sephardic version? \u2022 What were Jews thinking about in 1940 when they recited the blessing on the food?","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[138],"tags":[8615,6000,6079,8616,248],"class_list":["post-151633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-138","tag-8615","tag-6000","tag-6079","tag-8616","tag-248"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n