Pirkei T’fillah: Food Brakhot

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Food  #54330

For Jews it is a mitzvah to say a  both before and after eating. In the Torah God tells Moses to teach us: "When you have eaten and you are nourished, you should bless Adonai, your God" (Deuteronomy 8.10). That sentence teaches us that we should say a  after eating. The idea that we should also say one before eating was our own; the Rabbis of the Talmud came up with the idea. When we say  we thank God for all the food God provides. In this unit we will consider  said over bread, fruit, vegetables and other foods. We begin with .


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