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64-402: Birkat Hamazon is recited after a meal containing bread or similar foods that is made from the five grains , with the exception of bread that comes as a dessert ( pas haba'ah b'kisanin ) and food that does not possess the form or appearance of bread ( torisa d'nahama ), in which case a blessing that summarizes the first three blessings ( birkat me'ein shalosh ) is recited instead. It

128-488: A Harachaman for mourners: "The Merciful One is a true God and an honest judge, He deals fairly and He takes fairly, and He has absolute power in His world to do as He wills, for all of His ways are just. And we are His people and His servants. We are always obligated to praise Him and to bless Him. End this evil and our mourning. The mender of Israel's breaches will mend this breach of ours for life and peace." An abbreviated text

192-429: A Jewish wedding , guests participate in the mitzvah (commandment) of L'Sameach Chatan v'Kallah , to bring joy to the groom and bride. The emphasis of the celebration is on entertaining the newlyweds. At Orthodox wedding meals, men and women dance separately – sometimes separated by a mechitza ("divider") – for reasons of tzniut (modesty). At the end of the seudat nissuin , Birkat HaMazon (Grace After Meals)

256-455: A brit milah (circumcision ceremony) and its subsequent seudah is of such great significance that Moshe Isserles ("the Rama") notes a Talmudic saying that one who is invited but does not participate in the seudat brit milah is ostracized by God . For this reason, people are generally not invited, but merely informed of the brit's time and location. Talmudic sages have compared a brit to

320-462: A korban (Temple sacrifice), and eating at a seudat brit milah to eating a Temple sacrifice. Hasidic Jews generally insist on serving meat at a seudat brit milah since most Temple offerings were meat. Sharing a meal is considered a bonding experience celebrating the covenant between God and the Jews . Unlike other seudot mitzvah in which the meal ( seudah ) follows the act or ceremony which warrants

384-517: A shiva house, the ordinary call to prayer is replaced with "Let us bless the Comforter of Mourners, of whose food we have eaten," and congregants respond with "Blessed be the Comforter of Mourners, of whose food we have eaten, and by whose produce do we live. According to Isaac ben Darbolo, an additional prayer should be added after the Rachem blessing: "Comfort, O God,  the mourners of Zion and

448-591: A Bat Mitzvah is also a seudat mitzvah. Based on the Talmud and Midrash , the seudah celebration upon the completion of a Talmudic tractate is considered a seudat mitzvah . This seudah is made to rejoice over the accomplishment, and also to motivate and inspire others to do the same. Chaim Elazar Spira , the Munkacser Rebbe ", observed in his work Sha'ar Yissachar that the evil inclination does not want to see this type of shared joy, noting that one of

512-410: A minimum of three adult Jewish males eat bread as part of a meal together they are obligated to form a mezuman (a "prepared gathering") with the addition of a few extra opening words whereby one man "invites" the others to join him in birkat hamazon . (This invitation is called a zimmun ). When those present at the meal form a minyan (a quorum of ten adult Jewish men) there are further additions to

576-464: A short blessing before the fourth blessing. If this is also forgotten, then at the first two meals of Shabbat and major holidays (with the possible exception of the Rosh Hashanah day meal), one must repeat the entire Birkat Hamazon. At later meals, or on Rosh Chodesh or Chol Hamoed , nothing need be done. If one forgets al ha-Nissim , one does not repeat Birkat Hamazon, although one recites

640-623: A special Harachaman toward the very end, followed by the paragraph Bimei , which describes the respective holidays. If this prayer is also forgotten, nothing need be done. When birkat hamazon takes place at the Sheva Brachot (seven blessings) following a traditional Jewish marriage , in Ashkenazic communities special opening lines reflecting the joy of the occasion are added to the zimmun (invitation to grace) beginning with Devai Haser ; in all communities Sheha-Simchah bi-m'ono

704-543: A year if the meal was made specifically in honor of the couple; nevertheless, this is not practiced today. At birkat hamazon concluding the celebratory meal of a brit milah (ritual circumcision), in the Eastern Ashkenazic rite, additional introductory lines, known as Nodeh Leshimcha , are added at the beginning and special ha-Rachaman prayers are inserted. In the Western Ashkenazic rite,

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768-494: Is Haman') and baruch Mordechai ('Blessed is Mordecai')." The reason Rava instituted the custom of drinking may have been as a critique of treating Mordecai as a hero, instead of a villain. Another view is that these phrases have the same numerical value , and some authorities, including the Be'er Hagolah and Magen Avraham , have ruled that one should drink wine until he is unable to calculate these numerical values.) This saying

832-518: Is a festive meal, which may include meat, such as Kreplach . At the pre-Tisha B'Av meal it is forbidden to eat meat, wine, or more than one cooked food. Alcoholic beverages should be avoided. The meal is eaten sitting on the ground or a low seat. It is customary to eat a hardboiled egg, and also a piece of bread dipped into ashes, and to say, "This is the Tisha B'Av meal." During the meal, three men should not sit together so they will not have to recite

896-601: Is a matter of rabbinic dispute whether Birkat Hamazon must be said after eating certain other bread-like foods such as pizza . Except in teaching situations, Birkat Hamazon is typically read individually after ordinary meals. The blessing can be found in almost all siddurs and is often printed in a variety of artistic styles in a small booklet called a birchon (or birkon , בִּרְכּוׂן ‎) in Hebrew or bencher (or bentscher ) in Yiddish . The length of

960-485: Is added. At the conclusion of birkat hamazon , a further seven special blessings are recited. While the seven blessings can only be recited with Panim Chadashot (new people who hadn't been at previous celebrations) and in the presence of a minyan, Devai Haser can be recited even without these requirements as long as there is a Zimmun. Furthermore, according to Talmudic law, Sheha-Simchah bi-m'ono (and presumably Devai Haser ) can be recited for up to thirty days, or even

1024-465: Is an obligatory festive meal, usually referring to the celebratory meal following the fulfillment of a mitzvah (commandment), such as a bar mitzvah , bat mitzvah , a wedding , a brit milah (ritual circumcision), or a siyum (completing a tractate of Talmud or Mishnah ). Seudot fixed in the calendar (i.e., for holidays and fasts ) are also considered seudot mitzvah , but many have their own, more commonly used names. Attendance at

1088-488: Is an alternative to destruction. In many Jewish communities, the rabbi signs a contract with each congregant, assigning the rabbi as an agent to sell their chametz . The practice is convenient for the congregation and ensures that the sale is binding by both Jewish and local law. For chametz owned by the State of Israel , which includes its state companies, the prison service and the country's stock of emergency supplies,

1152-473: Is considered kitniyot vary from community to community but generally include rice , corn , lentils , and beans . Many include peanuts as well. The custom of kitniyot is observed by Ashkenazi Jews. Some Sephardi Jews from Spain and North Africa (for example, Moroccan Jews) have different restrictions, such as avoiding rice during Pesach. In recent years, there is some movement among Conservative as well as some Orthodox Ashkenazi Jews to cease to observe

1216-425: Is drunk by everyone present, and functions as the "Third Cup". The practice of a cup of blessing is mentioned in the Talmud . Many have the custom - especially after a Shabbat meal - of sharing a Dvar Torah ("word of Torah"; Yiddish, " vort "), before the invitation. This is based on Pirkei Avot 3:3 : "If three have eaten at one table, and have spoken there words of Torah, [it is] as if they had eaten at

1280-475: Is made up of four blessings. The first three blessings are regarded as required by scriptural law: Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook described the order of these four blessings as a “ladder of prayer,” as we raise our sights and aspirations. The first blessing refers to one's personal needs; the second, the physical needs of the nation (through the Land of Israel); the third, the nation's spiritual aspirations (Jerusalem and

1344-479: Is recited, and the Sheva Berachot (seven blessings) that were recited under the chupah (wedding canopy) are repeated. Seudat havraah is the "meal of consolation" or comfort provided for a mourner upon his or her return from the cemetery following interment of the deceased. It usually consists of foods symbolic of life such as boiled eggs and lentil soup. The Talmud states that the lentil stew Jacob

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1408-680: Is sometime used when time is lacking. It contains the four essential blessings in a somewhat shortened form, with fewer preliminaries and additions. In liberal branches of Judaism, there is no standard text to be recited and customs vary accordingly. Many Sephardi Jews , especially Spanish and Portuguese Jews often sing a hymn in Spanish (not Ladino as is commonly assumed), called Bendigamos , before or after birkat hamazon . An additional abbreviated form of birkat hamazon in Ladino, called Ya Comimos , may also be said. According to Halakha when

1472-528: Is the Ashkenazic . There are also Sephardic , Yemenite and Italian versions. All of these texts follow the same structure described above, but the wording varies. In particular, the Italian version preserves the ancient practice of commencing the second paragraph with Nachamenu on Shabbat. Additional sections are added on special occasions. If one forgets Retzei or ya'aleh ve-Yavo , one inserts

1536-653: Is the divine punishment of kareth (cutting off). The adjective chametz is derived from the common Semitic root Ḥ - M - Ṣ , relating to bread , leavening , and baking . The related noun chimutz is the process of leavening or fermenting. It is cognate to the Aramaic חמע , "to ferment, leaven" and the Arabic حَمْض ḥamḍ , "acid", حَمُضَ ḥamuḍa "to be sour", "to become acidic", "to acidify". This root relates to acidity and sourness in Hebrew as well, as

1600-550: Is the 21st day of the month and the last of the seven days of Unleavened Bread ( Exodus 13:6 ). Traditional Jewish homes spend the days leading up to Passover cleaning and removing all traces of chametz from the house. Chametz is a product that is both made from one of five species of grain and has been combined with water and left to stand raw for longer than eighteen minutes (according to most opinions) and becomes leavened. All fruits, grains, and grasses for example naturally adhere wild yeasts and other microorganisms . This

1664-454: Is the basis of all historic fermentation processes in human culture that were utilized for the production of beer , wine , bread and silage , amongst others. Chametz from the five species is the result of a natural microbial enzymatic activity that is caused by exposing grain starch—which has not been sterilized , i.e. by baking—to water. This causes the dissolved starch to ferment and break down into sugars that then become nutrients to

1728-668: The Chief Rabbinate act as agent; during the 2000s, the Rabbinate sold its chametz to Jaaber Hussein, a hotel manager residing in Abu Ghosh , who puts down a deposit of 20,000 shekels for chametz worth an estimated $ 150 million. According to halakha (Jewish law), if chametz is found during Shabbat or Yom Tov , it must be covered over until Chol HaMoed , when it can be burned. Chametz found during Chol HaMoed (except on Shabbat) should be burned immediately. After

1792-590: The Grace after Meals as a group. None of these restrictions apply when Tisha B'Av occurs on Shabbat or Sunday. On Purim day, typically toward evening, a festive meal called Seudat Purim is held, with wine as a prominent beverage, where drunkenness is not uncommon. The custom of drinking at this meal stems from a statement in the Talmud attributed to a rabbi named Rava that says one should drink on Purim until he can "no longer distinguish between arur Haman ('Cursed

1856-476: The Biblical prohibition of owning chametz , there is also a positive commandment to remove it from one's possession. There are three traditional methods of removing chametz : It is considered best to use both bi'ur and bittul to remove one's chametz even though either of these two methods is enough to fulfill one's biblical requirement to destroy it. Mechirah , which averts the prohibition of ownership,

1920-524: The Chafetz Chaim), and others. These authorities all advocate drinking wine in some quantity, but all (excepting Hagahot Maimoniyot and Ra'avyah) discourage the level of drunkenness suggested by the Chatam Sofer . The Rema says that one should only drink a little more than he is used to drinking, and then try to fall asleep (whereupon he certainly will not be able to tell the difference between

1984-411: The Talmud and we do not use any of these variations. It is customary for the person leading the zimmun to recite the blessings over a cup of wine called the kos shel beracha (cup of blessing). Although sometimes done at ordinary meals, it is more commonly done on Shabbat and Jewish Holidays , and almost universally done at meals celebrating special events. At a Passover Seder , the cup of blessing

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2048-554: The Temple); and the fourth blessing, our ultimate aspiration to be a “light unto the nations.” The statutory birkat hamazon ends at the end of these four blessings, with the words, al yechasrenu . After these four blessings, there is a series of short prayers, each beginning with the word Harachaman (the Merciful One), which ask for God's compassion. There are several known texts for birkat hamazon . The most widely available

2112-458: The Zimmun is recited as normal without any additions, but a long piyyut from Ephraim of Bonn is inserted in the middle of the second blessing; special ha-Rachaman prayers are added, but they are different from those of the Eastern Ashkenazic rite. According to Isaac ben Dorbolo , a mourner is not counted for zimmun or minyan on the first day of mourning. When birkat hamazon takes place in

2176-508: The broken or ground matzo used for baking or cooking. Instead of matzo meal, they use potato starch in cakes and other dishes. The Hebrew term for gebrochts is matzah sh'ruyah ( Hebrew : מצה שרויה , soaked matzo), but outside Israel, the Yiddish name is usually the one that is used. Seudat mitzvah A seudat mitzvah ( Hebrew : סעודת מצוה , "commanded meal"), in Judaism ,

2240-482: The cover of the bentscher is customized to reflect the event. Some bentschers now feature photography of Israel throughout. There are several services currently available that customize the bentscher using graphics, logos and/or photographs. They often contain other texts such as kiddush and the Shabbat zemirot , in addition to Birkat Hamazon itself. In the early modern era (1563-1780), Birkat Hamazon

2304-446: The different brakhot hamazon can vary considerably, from bentsching in under half a minute to more than five minutes. The scriptural source for the requirement to recite a blessing after a meal is Deuteronomy 8:10 "When you have eaten and are satisfied, you shall bless the L ORD your God for the good land which He gave you". The process is often referred to as bentsching; the word "bentsch" means to bless. Birkat Hamazon

2368-463: The dough together while rising, allowing the formation of a fluffy bread loaf. Leavening agents , such as yeast or baking soda , are not themselves chametz . Rather, it is the fermented grains. Thus yeast may be used in making wine. Similarly, baking soda may be used in Passover baked goods made with matzoh meal and in matzoh balls . Since the matzoh meal used in those foods is already baked,

2432-414: The excessive price he replied that that price corresponded to those delights difficult to find in the desert; then they accepted God and thanked Him. Chametz#The five grains Chametz (also chometz , ḥametz , ḥameṣ , ḥameç and other spellings transliterated from Hebrew : חָמֵץ / חמץ ; IPA: [χaˈmets] ) are foods with leavening agents that are forbidden to Jews on

2496-469: The father if he prefers to keep his money or pay the equivalent of five silver shekels to redeem his child. The father chooses the latter option and hands over the money, as well as recites a special blessing (" al pidyon haben "). Then the kohen verbalizes the redemption, blesses the child, and says the traditional blessing over a cup of wine, which he then drinks. The seudat mitzvah continues with all guests in attendance washing for bread and partaking of

2560-402: The festive meal, the pidyon haben or redemption ceremony for a first-born Jewish male child is part of the meal. The ceremony is led by a kohen , who ritually washes his hands, recites the blessing over bread, and partakes of some bread before beginning the ceremony. The ceremony, which follows a traditional text, is a verbal exchange between the kohen and the father of the child. The kohen asks

2624-790: The festive meal. While attending the seudah for a pidyon haben, the Vilna Gaon was asked whether it was true that all the Torah's commandments are alluded to in Bereishit , the first portion of the Torah . After the Gaon affirmed this, he was asked where the commandment of pidyon haben was alluded to and the Gaon replied that it was in the word Bereshit , the Hebrew initials which stand for Ben Rishon Achar Sheloshim Yom Tifdeh or "a firstborn son after thirty days redeem". Solomon Luria noted that

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2688-478: The five grains contain high levels of gluten . The fifth grain ( shibolet shual ) is translated in Ashkenazi Jewish tradition as " oats " (which are low in gluten), but many modern scholars instead understand it to be a variety of barley (high in gluten). If the latter opinion is correct, then all five grains are high in gluten. That suggests that gluten is a necessary component of chametz , as it holds

2752-567: The grace and the Cup of Blessing will pass to King David , who will accept the honour. The giving of thanks for the food received dates back to the first Jewish Patriarch, Abraham. A Midrash says that his tent for hospitality had openings on all four sides. He invited guests bless the Heavenly source of the food. If they refused, he told them that he would have to pay 10 gold coins for bread, ten for wine and ten for hospitality. To their amazement for

2816-554: The grain will not ferment. Whether a chemical leavener such as baking soda may be used with flour in making egg matzoh is disputed among contemporary Sephardic authorities. In accordance with those who permit it, cookies made with Passover flour, wine and a chemical leavener (the absence of water would make them similar to egg matzoh under the chametz rules) are marketed in Israel under the name "wine cookies" to Sephardim and others who eat egg matzoh on Passover. The Torah specifies

2880-487: The group responds "Blessed is HaShem our God, of Whose we have eaten, and of Whose goodness we have lived." When 1000 are present, the leader of the Zimmun says "Let us bless HaShem our God, the God of Israel, of Whose we have eaten, and of Whose goodness we have lived", and the crowd responds, "Blessed is HaShem our God, the God of Israel, of Whose we have eaten, and of Whose goodness we have lived." When at least 10000 are present,

2944-446: The holiday of Passover . Chametz is a product that is both made from one of the five species of grain and has been combined with water and left to stand raw for longer than eighteen minutes (according to most opinions) and becomes leavened. This law appears several times in the Torah ; according to halakha (Jewish law), Jews may not own, eat or benefit from chametz during Passover. The penalty for eating chametz on Passover

3008-495: The holiday, there is a special law known as chametz she'avar alav haPesach ( chametz that was owned by a Jew during Pesach). Such chametz must be burned, since no benefit is allowed to be derived from it, not even by selling it to a non-Jew. Chametz she'avar alav haPesach may not be eaten by Jews after Pesach. If a store owned by a Jew is known not to have sold its chametz , a Jew may not buy any from that store until enough time has passed in which it can be assumed that

3072-444: The holiness of the day). If one recites Kiddush , Jewish law states that one must immediately eat the seudah in the same place that he heard/recited Kiddush . At Shabbat meals, it is customary to sing Zemirot (songs), learn Torah (as at meals in general) and discuss the week's portion of Scripture . Seudah HaMafseket is the "separating meal" eaten before the fasts of Yom Kippur and Tisha B'Av . The pre-Yom Kippur meal

3136-441: The inventory has changed over since Pesach. Because of the Torah's severity regarding the prohibition of chametz , many communities have adopted stringencies not biblically required as safeguards from inadvertent transgression. Among Ashkenazi Jews, the custom during Passover is to refrain not only from products of the five grains but also kitniyot (lit. small things), which refers to other grains or legumes. Traditions of what

3200-547: The invitation. A Zimmun of 10 is called a Zimmun B'Shem . The Talmud states that women are obligated to say birkat hamazon and that accordingly, three women can constitute a zimmun and lead it. Accordingly, the Shulchan Aruch rules that three women may choose to make a zimmun among themselves, but are not required to do so. However, ten women cannot make the Zimmun B'Shem , and men and women cannot combine to form

3264-469: The leader of the zimmun says "Let us bless Hashem our God, the God of Israel, who dwells among the cherubim , of Whose we have eaten, and of Whose goodness we have lived," and the multitude responds, "Blessed is Hashem our God, the God of Israel, who dwells among the cherubim, of Whose we have eaten, and of Whose goodness we have lived." However, the Shulchan Aruch rules like the other opinion in

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3328-414: The mixture is liquid. Also, hana'ah (any benefit, such as selling) from some forms of non-kosher food is permitted, but no form of benefit may be derived from chametz during Passover. Mixtures consisting of less than 50% chametz that are not usually consumed by people (such as medicine or pet food—even if perfectly edible) may be owned and used on Passover but may not be eaten. In addition to

3392-603: The mourners of Jerusalem, and all those who are comforting themselves because of this loss. Comfort away their mourning, and cheer them from their sadness. As it is said, "Just as a man is comforted by his mother, so I will comfort you, and in Jerusalem you will be comforted." Darbolo, among others, also writes that the Boneh blessing should be altered to conclude, "Blessed are you, O Lord, Comforter of Mourners and Builder of Jerusalem", but other authorities disagree. Darbolo also adds

3456-488: The names of the evil inclination, " Samael ", may be seen as an acronym for Siyum Masechet Ain La'asot , or "do not make a siyum ". Seudat Hoda'ah ( Hebrew : סעודת הודיה ) literally means a meal of thanksgiving. At a public meal that is given to recognize the good – Hakarat HaTov – the beneficiary gives something to others – the ability to say blessings – Brachot . During the festive meal, seudat nissuin following

3520-526: The naturally contained yeasts. A typical side effect of this biological leavening is the growth of the naturally adhering yeasts in the mixture, which produce gaseous carbon dioxide from glycolysis , which causes the fermented dough to rise and become increasingly acidic. According to the Talmud , chametz can only be present in the five species of grain. Other species are considered not to undergo "leavening" ( chimutz ), but rather "spoilage" ( sirchon ), and thus cannot become chametz . At least four of

3584-417: The occasion of a youth becoming obligated to obey the 613 commandments is to be celebrated with a religious feast, usually including a sermon the youth has prepared. It is customary at a bar mitzvah meal for parents to give thanks and praise to God for giving them the merit to raise a child to be a bar mitzvah and to educate him in the ways of Torah and the commandments. Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef holds that

3648-515: The punishment of kareth , one of the highest levels of punishment in Jewish tradition, for eating chametz on Passover ( Exodus 12:15 ). During Passover, eating chametz is prohibited no matter how small a proportion it is in a mixture although the usual rule is that if less than 1/60 of a mixture is not kosher , the mixture is permitted. If the dilution happened before Pesach, the usual 1/60 rule applies; Ashkenazi Jews apply this leniency only if

3712-714: The table of the All-Present , blessed be He..." There is a practice in many Orthodox communities to wash the hands before reciting birkat hamazon . This practice is called mayim acharonim (final waters). While the Talmud and Shulchan Aruch rule this practice to be obligatory, Tosafot and other sources rule it to be unnecessary in current circumstances, and thus many do not perform the practice. Bentschers ( / ˈ b ɛ n tʃ ər / ; or benchers , birkhonim , birkhon , birchon , birchonim ) are small Birkat Hamazon booklets usually handed out at bar and bat mitzvahs, weddings and other celebratory events. Traditionally,

3776-462: The three members of an ordinary zimmun . If three men and three women are present, the three men make the zimmun , and the women are required to answer to it. According to the one opinion in the Talmud , there are special versions of the zimmun if birkat hamazon is said by at least 100, 1000 or 10000 seated at one meal. When 100 are present, the leader says "Blessed is HaShem our God, of Whose we have eaten and of Whose goodness we have lived", and

3840-625: The tradition of kitniyot . Matzo is generally made from flour and water. If made from flour and a different liquid, such as fruit juice or eggs, it is not considered chametz . Ashkenazi custom is generally to avoid such products, in case some water was mixed into the liquid, which could cause the mixture to become chametz . This product is known as "egg matzo" or "enriched matzo". At Passover, some Hasidic Jews will not eat matzo that has become wet, including matzo balls and other matzo meal products although it cannot become chametz . Such products are called gebrochts (Yiddish: broken), referring to

3904-461: The word chometz - חומץ ‎ - means vinegar, and the word chamootz - חמוץ ‎ - means sour. The Torah has several commandments governing chametz during Passover : The prohibitions take effect around late morning on the eve of Passover, or the 14th of the month of Nisan , in the Jewish calendar . Chametz is permitted again from nightfall after the final day of Passover, which

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3968-944: Was codified in the Rif , Rosh , Tur , Shulchan Aruch ( Orach Chayim 695), and is interpreted simply (as explained above) by the Chatam Sofer . This interpretation of the Talmudic statement, or the acceptance of the statement itself, is disputed (for various reasons) by the Ba'alei Tosafot (based on the Jerusalem Talmud ), Maimonides , Rabbeinu Ephraim, Ba'al HaMa'or , Ran , Orchot Chaim , Be'er Hagolah , Magen Avraham , Taz , Rema , Vilna Gaon , Maharsha , Rashash, Tzeidah LaDerech , Hagahot Maimoniyot , Ra'avyah, Korban N'tan'el , Bach , Maharil , P'ri M'gadim , Kol Bo , Chochmat Mano'ach , Mishnah Berurah (by

4032-703: Was preparing ( Genesis 25:29), and for which Esau sold his birthright, was the seudat havraah for his father Isaac who was beginning to sit shiva for his father Abraham . These include three meals on the Sabbath , as well as two (dinner and lunch) on each festival day making four each (outside Israel) for Shavuot , Rosh HaShana , Sukkot , two each for Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah , eight (outside Israel) for Passover . The Passover Seders are seudot mitzvah . Except for Seudah Shlishit (the "third meal" of Shabbat) all of these meals are preceded by Kiddush (the blessing, made over wine, recognizing

4096-530: Was used the title for a book that included a wider variety of prayers that are not part of the daily prayer routine, such as the wedding ceremony and eruv tavshilin , in addition to Birkat Hamazon and kiddush and zemirot. The Talmud relates that at the time of the Resurrection of the Dead , a special feast will take place. Abraham , Isaac , Jacob , Moses and Joshua will all claim unworthiness to lead

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