עַל נְטִילַת יָדָֽיִם | Blessing on Washing the Hands, a rhyming translation and explanation by Jessie Ethel Sampter (1919)

This paraliturgical supplement to the blessing over hand washing was written by Jessie Ethel Sampter and published in her Around the Year in Rhymes for the Jewish Child (1920), p. 81. . . .

Tags: 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Pedagogical songs, Post-prayer supplements, תפילות קודם התפילה Prayers before Praying, rhyming translation, waking

Contributor(s): Jessie Ethel Sampter and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הָאֵץ | Blessing Over Fruit, a rhyming translation and explanation by Jessie Ethel Sampter (1919)

This paraliturgical supplement to the blessing before eating fruit of trees was written by Jessie Ethel Sampter and published in her Around the Year in Rhymes for the Jewish Child (1920), p. 83. . . .

Categories: Blessings Before Eating

Tags: 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., blessings, food, Pedagogical songs, rhyming translation, Trees

Contributor(s): Jessie Ethel Sampter and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

שֶׁהַכֹּל נִהְיָה בִּדְבָרוֹ | Blessing on Partaking [all other] Food, a rhyming translation and explanation by Jessie Ethel Sampter (1919)

This paraliturgical supplement to the blessing before eating all other foods (besides bread, fruits, vegetation and vegetables) was written by Jessie Ethel Sampter and published in her Around the Year in Rhymes for the Jewish Child (1920), p. 85. . . .

Categories: Blessings Before Eating

Tags: 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., blessings, food, Pedagogical songs, rhyming translation

Contributor(s): Jessie Ethel Sampter and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הָאֲדָמָה | Blessing Over Vegetables, a rhyming translation and explanation by Jessie Ethel Sampter (1919)

This paraliturgical supplement to the blessing before eating vegetation, vegetables, and fruit of the earth was written by Jessie Ethel Sampter and published in her Around the Year in Rhymes for the Jewish Child (1920), p. 84. . . .

Categories: Blessings Before Eating

Tags: 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., blessings, earth, food, Pedagogical songs, rhyming translation

Contributor(s): Jessie Ethel Sampter and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

הַמוֹצִיא לֶֽחֶם מִן הָאֲרֶץ | Blessing on Breaking Bread, a rhyming translation and explanation by Jessie Ethel Sampter (1919)

This paraliturgical supplement to the blessing before eating bread was written by Jessie Ethel Sampter and published in her Around the Year in Rhymes for the Jewish Child (1920), p. 82. . . .

Categories: Blessings Before Eating

Tags: 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., blessings, food, Pedagogical songs, rhyming translation

Contributor(s): Jessie Ethel Sampter and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

The Earth is Our Temple, a d’var tefilah on making blessings over foods by Rabbi David Seidenberg (neohasid.org)

The Talmud (Brakhot 35a-b) teaches that eating food without saying a brakhah (a blessing) beforehand is like stealing. A lot of people know that teaching, and it’s pretty deep. But here’s an even deeper part: the Talmud doesn’t call it “stealing”, but מעילה ׁ(“me’ilah“), which means taking from sacred property that belongs to the Temple. So that means that everything in the world is sacred and this Creation is like a HOLY TEMPLE. . . .

Categories: Blessings Before Eating, Fasting, Earth, our Collective Home & Life-Support System, Tishah b'Av Readings

Tags: blessings, ברכות brakhot, eco-conscious, ecoḥasid

Contributor(s): David Seidenberg, Neohasid [dot] org and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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