ZIMMUN / INVITATION

Leader Gentlemen, let us say grace.

Others May the name of the LORD be blessed from now and for ever.

Leader May the name of the LORD be blessed from now and for ever.

With your permission, (my father and teacher / my mother and teacher / the Kohanim present / our teacher the Rabbi / the master of this house / the mistress of this house) my masters and teachers, let us bless (in a minyan: our God,) the One from whose food we have eaten.

Others Blessed be (in a minyan: our God,) the One from whose food we have eaten, and by whose goodness we live.

*Blessed be (in a minyan: our God,) the One whose name is continually blessed for ever and all time.

Leader Blessed be (in a minyan: our God,) the One from whose food we have eaten, and by whose goodness we live.

Blessed be He, and blessed be His name.

BLESSING OF NOURISHMENT

בָּרוּךְ Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the Universe, who in His goodness feeds the whole world with grace, kindness and compassion. He gives food to all living things, for His kindness is for ever. Because of His continual great goodness, we have never lacked food, nor may we ever lack it, for the sake of His great name. For He is God who feeds and sustains all, does good to all, and prepares food for all creatures He has created. Blessed are You, LORD, who feeds all.

BLESSING OF LAND

נוֹדֶה We thank You, LORD our God, for having granted as a heritage to our ancestors a desirable, good and spacious land; for bringing us out, LORD our God, from the land of Egypt, freeing us from the house of slavery; for Your covenant which You sealed in our flesh; for Your Torah which You taught us; for Your laws which You made known to us; for the life, grace and kindness You have bestowed on us; and for the food by which You continually feed and sustain us, every day, every season, every hour.

וְעַל הַכֹּל For all this, LORD our God, we thank and bless You. May Your name be blessed continually by the mouth of all that lives, for ever and all time – for so it is written: “You will eat and be satisfied, then you shall bless the LORD your God for the good land He has given you.” Blessed are You, LORD, for the land and for the food.

BLESSING FOR JERUSALEM

רַחֶם נָא Have compassion, please, LORD our God, on Israel Your people, on Jerusalem Your city, on Zion the dwelling place of Your glory, on the royal house of David Your anointed, and on the great and holy House that bears Your name. Our God, our Father, tend us, feed us, sustain us and support us, relieve us and send us relief, LORD our God, swiftly from all our troubles. Please, LORD our God, do not make us dependent on the gifts or loans of other people, but only on Your full, open, holy and generous hand so that we may suffer neither shame nor humiliation for ever and all time.

רְצֵה Favor and strengthen us, LORD our God, through Your commandments, especially through the commandment of the seventh day, this great and holy Sabbath. For it is, for You, a great and holy day. On it we cease work and rest in love in accord with Your will’s commandment. May it be Your will, LORD our God, to grant us rest without distress, grief, or lament on our day of rest. May You show us the consolation of Zion Your city, and the rebuilding of Jerusalem Your holy city, for You are the Master of salvation and consolation.

אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ Our God and God of our ancestors, may there rise, come, reach, appear, be favored, heard, regarded and remembered before You, our recollection and remembrance, as well as the remembrance of our ancestors, and of the Messiah, son of David Your servant, and of Jerusalem Your holy city, and of all Your people the house of Israel – for deliverance and well-being, grace, loving-kindness and compassion, life and peace, on this Day of Remembrance. On it remember us, LORD our God, for good; recollect us for blessing, and deliver us for life. In accord with Your promise of salvation and compassion, spare us and be gracious to us; have compassion on us and deliver us, for our eyes are turned to You because You are God, gracious and compassionate King.

וּבְנֵה And may Jerusalem the holy city be rebuilt soon, in our time. Blessed are You, LORD, who in His compassion will rebuild Jerusalem. Amen.

BLESSING OF GOD’S GOODNESS

בָּרוּךְ Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the Universe – God our Father, our King, our Sovereign, our Creator, our Redeemer, our Maker, our Holy One, the Holy One of Jacob. He is our Shepherd, Israel’s Shepherd, the good King who does good to all. Every day He has done, is doing, and will do good to us. He has acted, is acting, and will always act kindly toward us for ever, granting us grace, kindness and compassion, relief and rescue, prosperity, blessing, redemption and comfort, sustenance and support, compassion, life, peace and all good things, and of all good things may He never let us lack.

ADDITIONAL REQUESTS

הָרַחֲמָן May the Compassionate One reign over us for ever and all time. May the Compassionate One be blessed in heaven and on earth. May the Compassionate One be praised from generation to generation, be glorified by us to all eternity, and honored among us for ever and all time. May the Compassionate One grant us an honorable livelihood. May the Compassionate One break the yoke from our neck and lead us upright to our land. May the Compassionate One send us many blessings to this house and this table at which we have eaten. May the Compassionate One send us Elijah the prophet – may he be remembered for good – to bring us good tidings of salvation and consolation.

May the Compassionate One bless the State of Israel, first flowering of our redemption. May the Compassionate One bless the members of Israel’s Defense Forces, who stand guard over our land.

יְהִי רָצוֹן May it be Your will that the master of this house shall not suffer shame in this world, nor humiliation in the World to Come. May all he owns prosper greatly, and may his and our possessions be successful and close to hand. Let not the Accuser hold sway over his deeds or ours, and may no thought of sin, iniquity or transgression enter him or us from now and for evermore.

הָרַחֲמָן May the Compassionate One bless –

me, (my wife/husband / my father, my teacher / my mother, my teacher/ my children) and all that is mine,

the master of this house, him (and his wife, the mistress of this house / and his children) and all that is his,

my father, my teacher, (master of this house,) and my mother, my teacher, (mistress of this house,) them, their household, their children, and all that is theirs.

and all the diners here,

together with us and all that is ours. Just as our forefathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were blessed in all, from all, with all, so may He bless all of us together with a complete blessing, and let us say: Amen.

בַּמָּרוֹם On high, may grace be invoked for them and for us, as a safeguard of peace. May we receive a blessing from the LORD and a just reward from the God of our salvation, and may we find grace and good favor in the eyes of God and man.

On Shabbat:

May the Compassionate One let us inherit the time, that will be entirely Shabbat and rest for life everlasting.

הָרַחֲמָן May the Compassionate One renew for us this year, for good and blessing.

הָרַחֲמָן May the Compassionate One make us worthy of the Messianic Age and life in the World to Come. He is a tower of salvation to His king, showing kindness to His anointed, to David and his descendants for ever. He who makes peace in His high places, may He make peace for us and all Israel, and let us say: Amen.

יְראוּ Fear the LORD, you His holy ones; those who fear Him lack nothing. Young lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing. Thank the LORD for He is good; His loving-kindness is for ever. You open Your hand, and satisfy every living thing with favor. Blessed is the person who trusts in the LORD, whose trust is in the LORD alone. Once I was young, and now I am old, yet I have never watched a righteous man forsaken or his children begging for bread. The LORD will give His people strength. The LORD will bless His people with peace.