Essential Hebrew
Jewish "blessings"
or
"praise of God"
Add an important dimension to your participation in home, synagogue and holiday ritual observances. Learn, in Hebrew, Jewish "blessings" or "praise of God" . Includes translations and explanations.
בּרכות
While we usually refer to בּרכות as "blessings",
they are really statements of praise of God.
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Audio is "clickable" to have it repeated as many times as desired.
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Students can record themselves by clicking on the icon of the microphone to become comfortable reciting the blessings out loud.
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First learn the opening line for the basic
Includes translations and .בּרכה
explanations
1a: Then . . .
Learn a variety of בּרכות that all begin with the opening seen in #1 above.
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Bread
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Wine
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Spices
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We have have reached this season
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Rosh Hashana - fruit of the tree and also a sweet New Year
A translation and discussion is included for each blessing learned.
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Progress to . . .
Learning the beginning words to a second type of בּרכה .
A blessing that states that God has commanded a specified action (such as lighting candles):
2a: Learn these בּרכות:
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Lighting the Shabbat candles
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Lighting the holiday candles
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Lighting candles for Shabbat and Holiday
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Lighting the candles for Hanukah
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Putting on a tallit
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Dwell in the Sukkah
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Reading from the Torah
Learn the בּרכות recited before and after reading from the Torah
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Now that students are feeling familiar and comfortable with the בּרכות learned, four more בּרכות are introduced.
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Blessing on "various kinds of nourishment"
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blessing on the fruit of the earth
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Blessing "creates the lights of fire"
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Blessing "at who's command all things come into being"
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Includes: teacher's guide and classroom visual aids
Cost: $20.00
Contact: Dr. Jonathan Paradise
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