blessings

Jewish Death and Dying: Prayer for Hearing of a Death

By: 
Rabbi Goldie Milgram
When we hear someone has died, we need a way to express ourselves. Jewish tradition provides a very powerful and brief sacred phrase: baruch dayan ha'emet (pronounced bah-rukh, dah-yahn, hah'eh-meht). This phrase seems to be the bare minimum of a blessing, truncated from our usual blessing form, as many as twelve terms short*; cut down, as has been a life.

What does this phrase mean?
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Ekev - You Shall be Satisfied

By: 
Rabbi Shohama Harris Wiener

Deut. 8:10
V’achalta v’savata u’vayrachta
And you shall eat
and you shall be satisfied
and you shall bless …
 

Last week I was teaching at a Jewish retreat center, Elat Chayyim, where the food was abundant and every meal was buffet style. Sure enough, when I returned home I had gained 4 pounds. Not only had I gained spiritual nourishment, I had gained water and fat!

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Sample Story: The God of Curried Fish

from Mitzvah Stories: Seeds for Inspiration and Learning, Reclaiming Judaism Press



The God of Curried Fish by Rabbi Goldie Milgram
 

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