Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the Universe, who has made us holy through His commandments, and has commanded us about washing hands.

Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the Universe, who brings forth bread from the earth.

BIRKAT HAMAZON / GRACE AFTER MEALS

עַל־נַהֲרוֹת By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept as we remembered Zion. There on the willow trees we hung up our harps, for there our captors asked us for songs, our tormentors, for amusement, said: “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!” How can we sing the LORD’s song on foreign soil? If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill. May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy. Remember, LORD, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. They said, “Tear it down, tear it down to its very foundations!” Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is he who repays you for what you have done to us, who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.

שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת A song of ascents. When the LORD brought back the exiles of Zion we were like people who dream. Then were our mouths filled with laughter, and our tongues with songs of joy. Then was it said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.” The LORD did do great things for us and we rejoiced. Bring back our exiles, LORD, like streams in a dry land. May those who sowed in tears, reap in joy. May one who goes out weeping, carrying a bag of seed, come back with songs of joy, carrying his sheaves.

תְּהִלַּת My mouth shall speak the praise of God, and all creatures shall bless His holy name for ever and all time. We will bless God now and for ever. Halleluya! Thank the LORD for He is good; His loving-kindness is for ever. Who can tell of the LORD’s mighty acts and make all His praise be heard?

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.

On Ḥanukka: עַל הַנִּסִּים [We thank You also] for the miracles, the redemption, the mighty deeds, the salvations, and the victories in battle which You performed for our ancestors in those days, at this time .בִּימֵי מַתִּתְיָֽהוּ In the days of Mattityahu, son of Yoḥanan, the High Priest, the Hasmonean, and his sons, the wicked Greek kingdom rose up against Your people Israel to make them forget Your Torah and to force them to transgress the statutes of Your will. It was then that You in Your great compassion stood by them in the time of their distress. You championed their cause, judged their claim, and avenged their wrong. You delivered the strong into the hands of the weak, the many into the hands of the few, the impure into the hands of the pure, the wicked into the hands of the righteous, and the arrogant into the hands of those who were engaged in the study of Your Torah. You made for Yourself great and holy renown in Your world, and for Your people Israel You performed a great salvation and redemption as of this very day. Your children then entered the holiest part of Your House, cleansed Your Temple, purified Your Sanctuary, kindled lights in Your holy courts, and designated these eight days of Ḥanukka for giving thanks and praise to Your great name. Continue with “For all this.”

On Purim: עַל הַנִּסִּים [We thank You also] for the miracles, the redemption, the mighty deeds, the salvations, and the victories in battle which You performed for our ancestors in those days, at this time .בִּימֵי מָרְדְּכַי In the days of Mordekhai and Esther, in Shushan the capital, the wicked Haman rose up against them and sought to destroy, slay and exterminate all the Jews, young and old, children and women, on one day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, and to plunder their possessions. Then You in Your great compassion thwarted his counsel, frustrated his plans, and caused his scheme to recoil on his own head, so that they hanged him and his sons on the gallows. Continue with “For all this.”

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: On Rosh Ḥodesh: Rosh Ḥodesh. On Rosh HaShana: the Day of Memorial. On Pesaḥ: the Festival of Matzot. On Shavuot: the Festival of Shavuot. On Sukkot: the Festival of Sukkot. On Shemini Atzeret & Simḥat Torah: the Festival of Shemini Atzeret. 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.

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, אוֹתָֽנוּ – 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.

On Rosh Ḥodesh: May the Compassionate One renew this month for us, for good and blessing.

On Rosh HaShana: May the Compassionate One renew for us this year, for good and blessing.

On Yom Tov: May the Compassionate One let us inherit the day, that is all good.

On Sukkot: May the Compassionate One restore for us, the fallen Tabernacle of David.

הָרַחֲמָן May the Compassionate One make us worthy of the Messianic Age and life in the World to Come. He gives great /On Shabbat, Festivals, and Rosh Ḥodesh: 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.

Blessed are You, the LORD our God, King of the Universe, who creates the various kinds of nourishment.

Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the Universe, who creates the fruit of the vine.

Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the Universe, who creates the fruit of the tree.

Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the Universe, who creates the fruit of the ground.

Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the Universe, by whose word all things came to be.

Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the Universe, who has given us life, sustained us, and brought us to this time.

BLESSING AFTER FOOD -- AL HAMIḤYA

בָּרוּךְ Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the Universe,

After grain products (but not bread or matza): for the nourishment and sustenance, After wine or grape juice: for the vine and the fruit of the vine, After grapes, figs, olives, pomegranates or dates: for the tree and the fruit of the tree, After grain products (but not bread or matza), and wine or grape juice: for the nourishment and sustenance and for the vine and the fruit of the vine,

and for the produce of the field; for the desirable, good and spacious land that You willingly gave as heritage to our ancestors, that they might eat of its fruit and be satisfied with its goodness. Have compassion, please, LORD our God, on Israel Your people, on Jerusalem, Your city, on Zion the home of Your glory, on Your altar and Your Temple. May You rebuild Jerusalem, the holy city swiftly in our time, and may You bring us back there, rejoicing in its rebuilding, eating from its fruit, satisfied by its goodness, and blessing You for it in holiness and purity.

On Shabbat: Be pleased to refresh us on this Sabbath Day. On Rosh Ḥodesh: Remember us for good on this day of the New Moon. On Rosh HaShana: Remember us for good on this Day of Remembrance. On Pesaḥ: Grant us joy on this Festival of Matzot. On Shavuot: Grant us joy on this Festival of Shavuot. On Sukkot: Grant us joy on this Festival of Sukkot. On Shemini Atzeret & Simḥat Torah: Grant us joy on this Festival of Shemini Atzeret.

For You, LORD, are good and do good to all and we thank You for the land After grain products (but not bread or matza): and for the nourishment. Blessed are You, Lord, for the land and for the nourishment. After wine or grape juice: and for the fruit of the vine.* Blessed are You, Lord, for the land and for the fruit of the vine.* After grapes, figs, olives, pomegranates or dates: and for the fruit.** Blessed are You, Lord, for the land and for the fruit.** After grain products (but not bread or matza), and wine or grape juice: and for the nourishment and for the fruit of the vine.* Blessed are You, Lord, for the land and for the nourishment and the fruit of the vine.*

BLESSING AFTER FOOD – BOREH NEFASHOT

בָּרוּךְ Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the Universe, who creates the many forms of life and their needs. For all You have created to sustain the life of all that lives, blessed be He, Giver of life to the worlds.