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		<title>שמחת בת &#124; Simḥat Bat of Amalya Shaḥar Exler-Kaunfer, by Rabbi Elie Kaunfer and Lisa Exler</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[In place of the blood of the slaughtered bulls from the covenantal ceremony in Exodus, we looked for another substance to effect the covenant ceremony. Amalya was born right after Shavuot, on which we have a tradition to eat dairy. In fact, milk itself is associated with the acceptance of Torah, as described in the following Midrash which quotes a verse from Song of Songs (4:11): "Sweetness drops from your lips, O bride; honey and milk are under your tongue and the scent of your robes is like the scent of Lebanon."]]></description>
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R&#8217; <a href="http://www.mechonhadar.org/staff?p_p_id=101_INSTANCE_m84P&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=normal&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;p_p_col_id=column-3&amp;p_p_col_count=1&amp;_101_INSTANCE_m84P_struts_action=%2Fasset_publisher%2Fview_content&amp;_101_INSTANCE_m84P_urlTitle=rabbi-elie-kaunfer&amp;_101_INSTANCE_m84P_type=content&amp;redirect=%2Fstaff">Elie Kaunfer</a> and Lisa Exler kindly shared the Simḥat Bat ceremony they prepared for their daughter this past Monday, May 31st, at Fort Tryon Jewish Center.</p>
<p>This Simḥat Bat is really distinguished by Rabbi Kaunfer&#8217;s innovation in using milk in the context of a covenant ceremony. From the explanatory notes:</p>
<blockquote><p>In place of the blood of the slaughtered bulls from the covenantal ceremony in Exodus, we looked for another substance to effect the covenant ceremony. Amalya was born right after Shavuot, on which we have a tradition to eat dairy. In fact, milk itself is associated with the acceptance of Torah, as described in the following Midrash which quotes a verse from Song of Songs (4:11):</p>
<blockquote><p>Sweetness drops from your lips, O bride; honey and milk are under your tongue and the scent of your robes is like the scent of Lebanon.</p></blockquote>
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<p>Simḥat Bat of Amalya Shaḥar Exler-Kaunfer <a class="pdf mtli_attachment mtli_pdf" href="https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Simḥat-Bat-of-Amalya-Shaḥar-Exler-Kaunfer.pdf">PDF</a> | <a class="download mtli_attachment mtli_odt" href="https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Simḥat-Bat-of-Amalya-Shaḥar-Exler-Kaunfer.odt">ODT</a> | <a class="download mtli_attachment mtli_txt" href="https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Simḥat-Bat-of-Amalya-Shahar-Exler-Kaunfer-5.31.10.txt">TXT</a>
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שמחת בת של עמליה שחר בת הרב אליעזר גרשון ולאה פייגע
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<u>Simḥat Bat of Amalya Shaḥar Exler-Kaunfer</u><br />
May 31, 2010  ·  18 Sivan 5770
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<h3>Welcoming Amalya Shaḥar</h3>
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As Amalya enters the room, carried by her Savta Marcia Kaunfer, we’ll sing a <em>niggun</em> to welcome her.
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<span class="instruction">Sabba (Grandpa):</span>
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בְּרוּכָה אַתְּ לַה׳ בִּתִּי. <span class="citation">(רות ג:י)</span><br />
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קוּמִי אוֹרִי כִּֽי בָא אוֹרֵךְ וּכְבוֹד ה׳ עָלַיִךְ זָרָֽח. <span class="citation">(ישעיה ס:א)</span>
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Blessed are you to YHVH, my daughter. (Ruth 3:10)<br />
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Arise, shine, for your light has dawned. YHVH’s radiance shines upon you. (Isaiah 60:1)
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<h3>Verses of Thanksgiving</h3>
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<span class="instruction">Lisa:</span>
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וְעַתָּה ה׳ אָבִינוּ אָתָּה, אֲנַחְנוּ הַחֹמֶר וְאַתָּה יֹצְרֵנוּ וּמַעֲשֵׂה יָדְךָ כֻּלָּנוּ. <span class="citation">(ישעיה סד:ז)</span>
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But now, YHVH, You are our parent; we are the clay and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hands.  (Isaiah 64:7)
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<span class="instruction">Elie:</span>
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יוֹדוּ לַה׳ חַסְדּוֹ וְנִפְלְאוֹתָיו לִבְנֵי אָדָם. <span class="citation">(תהלים קז:ח)</span>
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Let them praise YHVH for God’s steadfast love, God’s wondrous deeds for humankind. (Psalms 107:8)
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הוֹדוּ לַה׳ כִּי טוֹב כִּי לְעוֹלָם חַסְדּוֹ. <span class="citation">(תהלים קיח:א)</span>
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<em>Hodu l’Adonai ki tov, ki l’olam hasdo.</em><br />
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Praise YHVH for God is good; God’s steadfast love is eternal. (Psalms 118:1)
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<h3>Welcoming Amalya into the Covenant: Background Texts</h3>
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We will welcome Amalya into the brit (Jewish covenant) using a similar ritual to the one we created for her sister, Maytal.  The ritual is based on the following text:
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שמות כד:ג-ח<br />
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וַיָּבֹא מֹשֶׁה וַיְסַפֵּר לָעָם אֵת כָּל דִּבְרֵי ה׳ וְאֵת כָּל הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים וַיַּעַן כָּל הָעָם קוֹל אֶחָד וַיֹּאמְרוּ כָּל־הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר ה׳ נַֽעֲשֶֽׂה: וַיִּכְתֹּב מֹשֶׁה אֵת כָּל דִּבְרֵי ה׳ וַיַּשְׁכֵּם בַּבֹּקֶר וַיִּבֶן מִזְבֵּחַ תַּחַת הָהָר וּשְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה מַצֵּבָה לִשְׁנֵים עָשָׂר שִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל: וַיִּשְׁלַח אֶֽת נַֽעֲרֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַֽיַּֽעֲלוּ עֹלֹת וַֽיִּזְבְּחוּ זְבָחִים שְׁלָמִים לַה׳ פָּרִֽים: וַיִּקַּח מֹשֶׁה חֲצִי הַדָּם וַיָּשֶׂם בָּֽאַגָּנֹת וַֽחֲצִי הַדָּם זָרַק עַל הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ: וַיִּקַּח סֵפֶר הַבְּרִית וַיִּקְרָא בְּאָזְנֵי הָעָם וַיֹּאמְרוּ כֹּל אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר ה׳ נַֽעֲשֶׂה וְנִשְׁמָֽע: וַיִּקַּח מֹשֶׁה אֶת הַדָּם וַיִּזְרֹק עַל הָעָם וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה דַֽם הַבְּרִית אֲשֶׁר כָּרַת ה׳ עִמָּכֶם עַל כָּל הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵֽלֶּה:
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Exodus 24:3-8<br />
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Moses went and repeated to the people all the commands of YHVH and all the rules; and the people answered with one voice, saying, All the things that YHVH has commanded we will do! Moses then wrote down all the commands of YHVH. Early in the morning, he set up an altar at the foot of the mountain, with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel. He designated some young men among the Israelites, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed bulls as offerings of well-being to YHVH. Moses took one part of the blood and put it in basins, and the other part of the blood he dashed against the altar. Then he took the book of the covenant and read it aloud to the people. And they said, All that YHVH has spoken we will do and obey. Moses took the blood and dashed it on the people and said, This is the blood of the covenant that YHVH now makes with you concerning all these commands.
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Based on this Biblical covenant ceremony, we fashioned the following ritual. In place of reading all the commands of God, we looked to a rabbinic text that indicates the essence of the Torah.
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תלמוד בבלי מכות כג-כד.<br />
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דרש רבי שמלאי: שש מאות ושלש עשרה מצות נאמרו לו למשה&#8230; בא מיכה והעמידן על שלש, דכתיב: הגיד לך אדם מה טוב ומה ה׳ דורש ממך כי אם עשות משפט ואהבת חסד והצנע לכת עם אלהיך. <span class="citation">(מיכה ו:ח)</span>
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Babylonian Talmud Makkot 23b-24a<br />
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Rebbi Simlai expounded: 613 commandments were said to Moses….Micah the Prophet came and summed them up into three, as it is written (Micah 6:8): He has told you, O human, what is good and what YHVH requires from you: Only to do justice, to love lovingkindness and to walk modestly with your God.
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In place of the blood of the slaughtered bulls from the covenantal ceremony in Exodus, we looked for another substance to effect the covenant ceremony.  Amalya was born right after Shavuot, on which we have a tradition to eat dairy.  In fact, milk itself is associated with the acceptance of Torah, as described in the following Midrash which quotes a verse from Song of Songs:
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שיר השירים ד:יא<br />
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נֹפֶת תִּטֹּפְנָה שִׂפְתוֹתַיִךְ כַּלָּה דְּבַשׁ וְחָלָב תַּחַת לְשׁוֹנֵךְ וְרֵיחַ שַׂלְמֹתַיִךְ כְּרֵיחַ לְבָנוֹן:
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Song of Songs 4:11<br />
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Sweetness drops from your lips, O bride; honey and milk are under your tongue and the scent of your robes is like the scent of Lebanon.
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מדרש תנחומא כי תשא ט<br />
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דא דבש וחלב תחת לשונך, בשעה שעמדו לפני הר סיני ואמרו כל אשר דבר ה׳ נעשה ונשמע, באותה שעה אמר להם הקבה דבש וחלב תחת לשונך
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Midrash Tanhuma Ki Tisa 9<br />
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Another interpretation of Honey and milk are under your tongue: At the moment that Israel stood before Mount Sinai and said, All that YHVH has spoken we will do and obey, at that moment, the Holy Blessed One said to them, Honey and milk are under your tongue.
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The milk in this ritual serves two functions:<br />
1) a tactile experience of entering the covenant, similar to the blood in Exodus 24: 3-8;<br />
and 2) a symbol of the sweetness and nourishment that is associated with entering the covenant of Torah.<br />
We pray that Amalya’s experience of Torah and Judaism will sustain her and bring her joy.
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<h3>Welcoming Amalya into the Covenant: A Ritual</h3>
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וַיִּקַּח סֵפֶר הַבְּרִית וַיִּקְרָא בְּאָזְנֵי הָעָם…  <span class="citation">(שמות כד:ז)</span>
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He took the book of the Covenant and read it aloud to the people&#8230; (Exodus 24:7)
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הִגִּיד לְךָ אָדָם מַה טּוֹב וּמָה ה׳ דּוֹרֵשׁ מִמְּךָ כִּי אִם עֲשׂוֹת מִשְׁפָּט וְאַהֲבַת חֶסֶד וְהַצְנֵעַ לֶכֶת עִם אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ.  <span class="citation">(מיכה ו:ח)</span>
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He has told you, O human, what is good and what YHVH requires from you: Only to do justice, to love lovingkindness and to walk modestly with your God. (Micah 6:8)
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כֹּל אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר ה׳ נַֽעֲשֶׂה וְנִשְׁמָֽע. <span class="citation">(שמות כד:ז)</span>
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<em>Kol asher diber Adonai na’aseh venishma</em><br />
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…All that God has spoken we will do and obey. (Exodus 24:7)
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<span class="instruction">Elie (as Elie and Lisa put milk under Amalya’s tongue):</span>
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הִנֵּה דַֽם הַבְּרִית אֲשֶׁר כָּרַת ה׳ עִמָּכֶם עַל כָּל הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵֽלֶּה. <span class="citation">(שמות כד:ח)</span>
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This is the blood of the covenant that YHVH now makes with you concerning all these commands. (Exodus 24:8)
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<span class="instruction">Sabba:</span>
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עמליה שחר זוֹ הַקְּטָנָה גְּדוֹלָה תִּהְיֶה,
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Amalya Shaḥar, this little one, may she become great,
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כְּשֵׁם שֶׁנִּכְנְסָה לַבְּרִית, כֵּן תִּכָּנֵס לְתוֹרָה וּלְחֻפָּה וּלְמַעֲשִׂים טוֹבִים.
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<em>K’shem she-nichnesah labrit, kein tikanes letorah, u’lehuppah u’lema’asim tovim.</em><br />
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Just as she has entered the covenant, so may she enter a life of Torah, marriage, and good deeds.
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מִי שֶׁבֵּרַךְ אִמּוֹתֵינוּ<br />
שָׂרָה וְרִבְקָה,<br />
רָחֵל וְלֵאָה<br />
וּמִרְיָם הַנְּבִיאָה<br />
וַאֲבִיגַיִּל<br />
וְאֶסְתֵּר הַמַּלְכָּה בַּת אֲבִיחַיִּל<br />
הוּא יְבָרֵךְ אֶת הַיַּלְדָּה הַנְּעִימָה הַזֹּאת,<br />
עמליה שחר בת הרב אליעזר גרשון ולאה פייגע,<br />
בְּמַזָּל טוֹב וּבִשְׁעַת בְּרָכָה,<br />
וִיגַדְּלוּה בִּבְרִיאוּת שָׁלוֹם וּמְנוּחָה,<br />
וִיְזַכֶּה אֶת אָבִיהָ וְאֶת אִמָּה לִרְאוֹת בְּשִׂמְחָתָהּ וּבְחוּפָּתָהּ,<br />
בְּבָנִים וּבְבָנוֹת,<br />
עוֹשֶׁר וְכָבוֹד.<br />
עוֹד יְנוּבוּן בְּשֵׂיבָה, דְּשֵׁנִים וְרַעֲנַנִּים יִהְיוּ,<br />
וְכֵן יְהִי רָצוֹן וְנֹאמַר אָמֵן.
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May God, who blessed our mothers,<br />
Sarah, Rebecca,<br />
Rachel and Leah,<br />
Miriam the prophet,<br />
and Abigail,<br />
and Queen Esther the daughter of Avichayil,<br />
bless this delightful little girl,<br />
Amalya Shaḥar, the daughter of Elie and Lisa,<br />
at this favorable and blessed hour.<br />
May she be raised in health, peace and tranquility.<br />
May her father and mother merit to see her joy and her marriage,<br />
sons and daughters,<br />
prosperity and honor,<br />
bringing fulfillment and refreshment to their old age.<br />
May this be God’s will.  <em>Amen</em>.
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<h3>About Amalya’s Name</h3>
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<span class="instruction">Lisa and Elie will speak about Amalya Shaḥar’s name.</span>
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<h3>Expanding Amalya’s World</h3>
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We feel privileged and thankful to welcome Amalya into such a supportive and wonderful community.  As we do so, we challenge ourselves to accept the responsibility to create a world in which all children are so fortunate.  To that end, we are committing to giving <em>tsedakah</em> every year in Amalya’s honor.  We hope that as she grows, she will join us in the process of allocating the tsedakah and in the larger project of <em>tikkun olam</em>, repairing the world.
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<h3>Closing Blessings</h3>
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<span class="instruction">Elie and Lisa will bless Amalya with the traditional blessing for children:</span>
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יְשִׂימֵךְ אֱלֹהִים כְּשָׂרָה רִבְקָה רָחֵל וְלֵאָה.
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May God make you like Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel and Leah.
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יְבָֽרֶכְךָ ה׳ וְיִשְׁמְרֶֽךָ.<br />
יָאֵר ה׳ פָּנָיו אֵלֶיךָ וִֽיחֻנֶּֽךָּ.<br />
יִשָּׂא ה׳ פָּנָיו אֵלֶיךָ וְיָשֵׂם לְךָ שָׁלֽוֹם. <span class="citation">(במדבר ו׃כד-כו)</span>
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May God bless you and keep you.<br />
May God shine God’s face upon you and be gracious to you.<br />
May God lift God’s face to you and grant you peace. (Numbers 6:24-26)
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We conclude with a song that expresses our hope for blessings and peace for Amalya and the Jewish people.
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יְבָרֶכְךָ ה׳ מִצִּיֹּון וּרְאֵה בְּטוּב יְרוּשָׁלִָם<br />
כֹּל יְמֵי חַיֶּיךָ׃<br />
וּרְאֵה־בָנִים לְבָנֶיךָ שָׁלֹום עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל׃ <span class="citation">(תהלים קכח׃ה-ו)</span>
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<em>Yevarechecha Hashem mitzion u’r’eh b’tuv Yerushalayim<br />
Yevarachecha Hashem mitzion kol y’mei, y’mei hayecha.<br />
U’r’eh vanim l’vanecha, Shalom al Yisrael.<br />
U’r’eh vanim l’vanecha, Shalom al Yisrael.</em><br />
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May God bless you from Ẓíōn  and may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem<br />
all the days of your life.<br />
And may you live to see your children’s children.  Peace be upon Israel. (Psalms 128:5-6)
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<h3>Seudat mitsvah – Festive Meal</h3>
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Please join us for a <em>seudat mitsvah</em> (festive meal) followed by a special <em>birkhat hamazon</em> (grace after meals) in honor of Amalya’s Simḥat Bat.
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ברכת המזון
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<h3>Birkat haMazon</h3>
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שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת, בְּשׁוּב ה׳ אֶת שִׁיבַת צִיּוֹן, הָיִֽינוּ כְּחֹלְמִים. אָז יִמָּלֵא שְׂחוֹק פִּֽינוּ וּלְשׁוֹנֵֽנוּ רִנָּה, אָז יֹאמְרוּ בַגּוֹיִם, הִגְדִּיל ה׳ לַעֲשׂוֹת עִם אֵֽלֶּה. הִגְדִּיל ה׳ לַעֲשׂוֹת עִמָּֽנוּ, הָיִֽינוּ שְׂמֵחִים. שׁוּבָה ה׳ אֶת שְׁבִיתֵֽנוּ, כַּאֲפִיקִים בַּנֶּֽגֶב. הַזֹּרְעִים בְּדִמְעָה, בְּרִנָּה יִקְצֹֽרוּ. הָלוֹךְ יֵלֵךְ וּבָכֹה נֹשֵׂא מֶֽשֶׁךְ הַזָּֽרַע, בֹּא יָבֹא בְרִנָּה נֹשֵׂא אֲלֻמֹּתָיו.
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	רַבּוֹתַי, נְבָרֵךְ.
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	יְהִי שֵׁם ה׳ מְבֹרָךְ מֵעַתָּה וְעַד עוֹלָם.
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	יְהִי שֵׁם ה׳ מְבֹרָךְ מֵעַתָּה וְעַד עוֹלָם.<br />
	  	נוֹדֶה לְשִׁמְךָ בְּתוֹךְ אֱמוּנַי, בְּרוּכִים אַתֶּם לַה׳.
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	נוֹדֶה לְשִׁמְךָ בְּתוֹךְ אֱמוּנַי, בְּרוּכִים אַתֶּם לַה׳.
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	בִּרְשׁוּת אֵל אָיוֹם וְנוֹרָא,	מִשְׂגָּב לְעִתּוֹת בַּצָּרָה,<br />
		אֵל נֶאְזָר בִּגְבוּרָה,		אַדִּיר בַּמָּרוֹם ה׳.
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 	נוֹדֶה לְשִׁמְךָ בְּתוֹךְ אֱמוּנַי, בְּרוּכִים אַתֶּם לַה׳.
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	בִּרְשׁוּת הַתּוֹרָה הַקְּדוֹשָׁה,	טְהוֹרָה הִיא וְגַם פְּרוּשָׁה,<br />
		צִוָּה לָֽנוּ מוֹרָשָׁה,			מֹשֶׁה עֶֽבֶד ה׳.
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 	נוֹדֶה לְשִׁמְךָ בְּתוֹךְ אֱמוּנַי, בְּרוּכִים אַתֶּם לַה׳.
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	בִּרְשׁוּת הַכֹּהֲנִים וְהַלְוִיִם,	אֶקְרָא לֵאלֹהֵי הָעִבְרִיִּים,<br />
		אֲהוֹדֶֽנּוּ בְּכָל אִיִּים,		אֲבָרְכָה אֶת ה׳.
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 	נוֹדֶה לְשִׁמְךָ בְּתוֹךְ אֱמוּנַי, בְּרוּכִים אַתֶּם לַה׳.
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	בִּרְשׁוּת מָרָנָן וְרַבּוֹתַי,		אֶפְתְּחָה בְּשִׁיר פִּי וּשְׂפָתַי,<br />
		וְתֹאמַֽרְנָה עַצְמוֹתַי,		בָּרוּךְ הַבָּא בְּשֵׁם ה׳.
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 	בִּרְשׁוּת מָרָנָן וְרַבָּנָן וְרַבּוֹתַי, נְבָרֵךְ (אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ) שֶׁאָכַֽלְנוּ מִשֶּׁלּוֹ.
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 	בָּרוּךְ (אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ) שֶׁאָכַֽלְנוּ מִשֶּׁלּוֹ וּבְטוּבוֹ חָיִֽינוּ.
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 	בָּרוּךְ (אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ) שֶׁאָכַֽלְנוּ מִשֶּׁלּוֹ וּבְטוּבוֹ חָיִֽינוּ.
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	בָּרוּךְ הוּא וּבָרוּךְ שְׁמוֹ.
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בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה׳, אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ מֶֽלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, הַזָּן אֶת הָעוֹלָם כֻּלּוֹ בְּטוּבוֹ בְּחֵן בְּחֶֽסֶד וּבְרַחֲמִים, הוּא נוֹתֵן לֶֽחֶם לְכָל בָּשָׂר כִּי לְעוֹלָם חַסְדּוֹ. וּבְטוּבוֹ הַגָּדוֹל תָּמִיד לֹא חָֽסַר לָֽנוּ, וְאַל יֶחְסַר לָֽנוּ מָזוֹן לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד. בַּעֲבוּר שְׁמוֹ הַגָּדוֹל, כִּי הוּא אֵל זָן וּמְפַרְנֵס לַכֹּל וּמֵטִיב לַכֹּל, וּמֵכִין מָזוֹן לְכָל בְּרִיּוֹתָיו אֲשֶׁר בָּרָא. בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה׳, הַזָּן אֶת הַכֹּל.
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נֽוֹדֶה לְּךָ, ה׳ אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ, עַל שֶׁהִנְחַֽלְתָּ לַאֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ אֶֽרֶץ חֶמְדָּה טוֹבָה וּרְחָבָה, וְעַל שֶׁהוֹצֵאתָֽנוּ, ה׳ אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ, מֵאֶֽרֶץ מִצְרַֽים, וּפְדִיתָֽנוּ מִבֵּית עֲבָדִים, וְעַל בְּרִיתְךָ שֶׁחָתַֽמְתָּ בִּבְשָׂרֵֽנוּ, וְעַל תּוֹרָתְךָ שֶׁלִּמַּדְתָּֽנוּ, וְעַל חֻקֶּֽיךָ שֶׁהוֹדַעְתָּֽנוּ, וְעַל חַיִּים חֵן וָחֶֽסֶד שֶׁחוֹנַנְתָּֽנוּ, וְעַל אֲכִילַת מָזוֹן שָׁאַתָּה זָן וּמְפַרְנֵס אוֹתָֽנוּ תָּמִיד, בְּכָל יוֹם וּבְכָל עֵת וּבְכָל שָׁעָה.
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וְעַל הַכֹּל, ה׳ אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ, אֲנַֽחְנוּ מוֹדִים לָךְ, וּמְבָרְכִים אוֹתָךְ, יִתְבָּרַךְ שִׁמְךָ בְּפִי כָּל חַי תָּמִיד לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד. כַּכָּתוּב, וְאָכַלְתָּ וְשָׂבָֽעְתָּ, וּבֵרַכְתָּ אֶת ה׳ אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ עַל הָאָֽרֶץ הַטֹּבָה אֲשֶׁר נָֽתַן לָךְ. בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה׳, עַל הָאָֽרֶץ וְעַל הַמָּזוֹן.
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רַחֵם, ה׳ אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ, עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל עַמֶּֽךָ, וְעַל יְרוּשָׁלַֽיִם עִירֶֽךָ, וְעַל צִיּוֹן מִשְׁכַּן כְּבוֹדֶֽךָ, וְעַל מַלְכוּת בֵּית דָּוִד מְשִׁיחֶֽךָ, וְעַל הַבַּֽיִת הַגָּדוֹל וְהַקָּדוֹשׁ שֶׁנִּקְרָא שִׁמְךָ עָלָיו. אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ, אָבִֽינוּ, רְעֵֽנוּ, זוּנֵֽנוּ, פַּרְנְסֵֽנוּ, וְכַלְכְּלֵֽנוּ, וְהַרְוִיחֵֽנוּ, וְהַרְוַח לָֽנוּ ה׳ אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ מְהֵרָה מִכָּל צָרוֹתֵֽינוּ, וְנָא אַל תַּצְרִיכֵֽנוּ, ה׳ אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ, לֹא לִידֵי מַתְּנַת בָּשָׂר וָדָם, וְלֹא לִידֵי הַלְוָאָתָם, כִּי אִם לְיָדְךָ הַמְּלֵאָה, הַפְּתוּחָה, הַקְּדוֹשָׁה וְהָרְחָבָה, שֶׁלֹּא נֵבוֹשׁ וְלֹא נִכָּלֵם לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד.
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וּבְנֵה יְרוּשָׁלַֽיִם עִיר הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ בִּמְהֵרָה בְיָמֵֽינוּ. בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה׳, בּוֹנֵה בְרַחֲמָיו יְרוּשָׁלָֽיִם. אָמֵן
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בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה׳ אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ מֶֽלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, הָאֵל, אָבִֽינוּ, מַלְכֵּֽנוּ, אַדִּירֵֽנוּ, בּוֹרְאֵֽנוּ, גּוֹאֲלֵֽנוּ, יוֹצְרֵֽנוּ, קְדוֹשֵֽׁנוּ קְדוֹשׁ יַעֲקֹב, רוֹעֵֽנוּ רוֹעֵה יִשְׂרָאֵל, הַמֶּֽלֶךְ הַטּוֹב וְהַמֵּטִיב לַכֹּל, שֶׁבְּכָל יוֹם וָיוֹם הוּא הֵטִיב, הוּא מֵטִיב, הוּא יֵיטִיב לָֽנוּ. הוּא גְמָלָֽנוּ, הוּא גוֹמְלֵֽנוּ, הוּא יִגְמְלֵֽנוּ לָעַד, לְחֵן וּלְחֶֽסֶד וּלְרַחֲמִים וּלְרֶֽוַח הַצָּלָה וְהַצְלָחָה, בְּרָכָה וִישׁוּעָה, נֶחָמָה, פַּרְנָסָה וְכַלְכָּלָה, וְרַחֲמִים וְחַיִּים וְשָׁלוֹם וְכָל טוֹב, וּמִכָּל טוּב לְעוֹלָם אַל יְחַסְּרֵֽנוּ.
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הָרַחֲמָן, הוּא יִמְלוֹךְ עָלֵֽינוּ לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד.
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הָרַחֲמָן, הוּא יִתְבָּרַךְ בַּשָׁמַֽיִם וּבָאָֽרֶץ.
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הָרַחֲמָן, הוּא יִשְׁתַּבַּח לְדוֹר דּוֹרִים, וְיִתְפָּֽאַר בָּֽנוּ לָעַד וּלְנֵֽצַח נְצָחִים, וְיִתְהַדַּר בָּֽנוּ לָעַד וּלְעוֹלְמֵי עוֹלָמִים.
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הָרַחֲמָן, הוּא יְפַרְנְסֵֽנוּ בְּכָבוֹד.
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הָרַחֲמָן, הוּא יִשְׁבּוֹר עֻלֵּֽנוּ מֵעַל צַוָּארֵֽנוּ וְהוּא יוֹלִיכֵֽנוּ קוֹמְמִיּוּת לְאַרְצֵֽנוּ.
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הָרַחֲמָן, הוּא יִשְׁלַח לָֽנוּ בְּרָכָה מְרֻבָּה בַּבַּֽיִת הַזֶּה, וְעַל שֻׁלְחָן זֶה שֶׁאָכַֽלְנוּ עָלָיו.
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הָרַחֲמָן, הוּא יִשְׁלַח לָֽנוּ אֶת אֵלִיָּֽהוּ הַנָּבִיא זָכוּר לַטּוֹב, וִיבַשֶּׂר לָֽנוּ בְּשׂוֹרוֹת טוֹבוֹת יְשׁוּעוֹת וְנֶחָמוֹת.
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הָרַחֲמָן, הוּא יְבָרֵךְ אֶת כָּל הַמְסֻבִּין כָּאן, אוֹתָם וְאֶת בֵּיתָם וְאֶת זַרְעָם וְאֶת כָּל אֲשֶׁר לָהֶם,
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אוֹתָֽנוּ וְאֶת כָּל אֲשֶׁר לָֽנוּ, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנִתְבָּרְכוּ אֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ, אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק וְיַעֲקֹב, בַּכֹּל, מִכֹּל, כֹּל, כֵּן יְבָרֵךְ אוֹתָֽנוּ כֻּלָּֽנוּ יַֽחַד בִּבְרָכָה שְׁלֵמָה, וְנֹאמַר אָמֵן.
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בַּמָּרוֹם יְלַמְּדוּ עֲלֵיהֶם וְעָלֵֽינוּ זְכוּת, שֶׁתְּהֵא לְמִשְׁמֶֽרֶת שָׁלוֹם, וְנִשָּׂא בְרָכָה מֵאֵת ה׳, וּצְדָקָה מֵאֱלֹהֵי יִשְׁעֵֽנוּ, וְנִמְצָא חֵן וְשֵֽׂכֶל טוֹב בְּעֵינֵי אֱלֹהִים וְאָדָם.
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הָרַחֲמָן הוּא יְבָרֵךְ אַבִי וְאֵם הַיַלְדָה<br />
וְיִזְכּוּ לְגַדְלָה וּלְחַנְכָה וְּלְחַכְּמָה<br />
לְמַעֲשִים טוֹבִים וּלְקִדוּשֵׁי חוּפָּה<br />
וּלְלִימוּד הַתּוֹרָה התְּמִימָה וְהַנֶאֱמָנָה.
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הָרַחֲמָן הוּא יְבָרֵךְ אֶת אֲחוֹתֵינוּ הַקְטַנָה<br />
בְּחָכְמָה בְּשַׁלְוָה וּבִגְבוּרָה<br />
דְרָכָיו וְאוֹרְחוֹתָיו יְלַמֵד אוֹתָה<br />
וּתְהִי תּוֹרַת חֶסֶד עַל לְשׁוֹנָהּ.
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הָרַחֲמָן הוּא יְבָרֵךְ אֶת כָּל הַנֶאֱסָפִים<br />
הַמַקְדִימִים בְּשָׁלוֹם וּבְשִֹמְחָה נִקְהָלִים<br />
בְּרוּכָה אַתְּ בִּתִּי בְּיַחַד עוֹנִים<br />
אֵלֶה פֹּה הַיוֹם כּוּלָנוּ חַיִים.
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הָרַחֲמָן הָעוֹשֶֹה שָׁלוֹם בִּמְרוֹמָיו<br />
יָחוּס עַל עַמוֹ וְיִפְרֹשֹ כְּנָפָיו<br />
יָעִיר קִנוֹ, יְרַחֵף עַל בָּנָיו<br />
לְרַחֵם, לְנַחֵם בִּבְרָכָה שְׁלוֹמָיו.<span class="footnote_referrer"><a role="button" tabindex="0" onclick="footnote_moveToReference_640_1('footnote_plugin_reference_640_1_1');" onkeypress="footnote_moveToReference_640_1('footnote_plugin_reference_640_1_1');" ><sup id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_640_1_1" class="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text">[1]</sup></a><span id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_640_1_1" class="footnote_tooltip"> These four indented Harahaman stanzas were written by Dr. Devora Steinmetz and R&#8217; David Silber, and are shared with a Creative Commons By Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license.&nbsp;</span></span><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_640_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_640_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [0, 0], });</script>&nbsp;
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הָרַחֲמָן, הוּא יְזַכֵּֽנוּ לִימוֹת הַמָּשִֽׁיחַ וּלְחַיֵּי הָעוֹלָם הַבָּא.
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מַגְדִּיל יְשׁוּעוֹת מַלְכּוֹ, וְעֹֽשֶׂה חֶֽסֶד לִמְשִׁיחוֹ לְדָוִד וּלְזַרְעוֹ עַד עוֹלָם. עֹשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם בִּמְרוֹמָיו, הוּא יַעֲשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם עָלֵֽינוּ וְעַל כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְאִמְרוּ אָמֵן.
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יְראוּ אֶת ה׳ קְדוֹשָׁיו, כִּי אֵין מַחְסוֹר לִירֵאָיו. כְּפִירִים רָשׁוּ וְרָעֵֽבוּ, וְדוֹרְשֵׁי ה׳ לֹא יַחְסְרוּ כָל טוֹב. הוֹדוּ לַה׳ כִּי טוֹב, כִּי לְעוֹלָם חַסְדּוֹ. פּוֹתֵֽחַ אֶת יָדֶֽךָ, וּמַשְׂבִּֽיעַ לְכָל חַי רָצוֹן. בָּרוּךְ הַגֶּֽבֶר אֲשֶׁר יִבְטַח בַּה׳, וְהָיָה ה׳ מִבְטַחוֹ. נַֽעַר הָיִֽיתִי גַם זָקַֽנְתִּי, וְלֹא רָאִֽיתִי צַדִּיק נֶעֱזָב, וְזַרְעוֹ מְבַקֶּשׁ לָֽחֶם. ה׳ עֹז לְעַמּוֹ יִתֵּן, ה׳ יְבָרֵךְ אֶת עַמּוֹ בַשָּׁלוֹם.
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<p>Some <a href="https://opensiddur.org/prayers/life-cycle/jewish-life-cycle/brit-milah-and-simhat-bat/simhat-bat-by-steinmetz-and-silber/">additional material</a> in the Birkhat Hamazon (Blessing for the Meal) was prepared by Dr. Devora Steinmetz and R&#8217; David Silber.</p>
<p>Thank you to Ethan Tucker and Ariela Migdal, Devora Steinmetz and David Silber, Ellen Braitman, Barry Stern and Deborah Shapira for their guidance and use of their Simḥat Bat programs.</p>
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		<title>&#x1F4C4; יום קשת מ״ב בעומר &#124; The 42nd Day of the Omer is Rainbow Day</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Seidenberg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 14:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Yom haḲeshet (27 Iyyar) Readings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eco-conscious]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ל״ג בעומר lag baomer]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The time we are in now is a time to ask: are we so determined to undo God's rainbow covenant? Will we truly burn the sea, chemically and literally, with the oil we unleash from inside the Earth? Will we flood the sea with death as the land was flooded according to the Noah story of so long ago? As the cleanup continues and the effects will continue for decades, what new floods will we unleash in the coming years?]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_5002" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Foster-City-Double-Rainbow-by-Peter-Kaminski-CC-BY-crop.jpg"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5002" class="size-full wp-image-5002" src="https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Foster-City-Double-Rainbow-by-Peter-Kaminski-CC-BY-crop.jpg" alt="&quot;Foster City Double Rainbow&quot; by Peter Kaminski (License: CC-BY 2.0). Cropped by Aharon Varady." width="1024" height="495" srcset="https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Foster-City-Double-Rainbow-by-Peter-Kaminski-CC-BY-crop.jpg 1024w, https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Foster-City-Double-Rainbow-by-Peter-Kaminski-CC-BY-crop-300x145.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-5002" class="wp-caption-text">&#8220;<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterkaminski/3099630/">Foster City Double Rainbow</a>&#8221; by Peter Kaminski (License: CC-BY 2.0). Cropped by Aharon Varady.</p></div>
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<strong>DOWNLOAD:</strong> <a href="https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/David-Seidenberg-Rainbow-Day-ideas-texts-projects-v.4.1.1-neohasid.pdf" class="mtli_attachment mtli_pdf">Rainbow Day &#8212; Ideas, Texts, and Projects</a> (v.4.1.1)<br />
<a href="https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/David-Seidenberg-Rainbow-covenant-study-sheet-neohasid.pdf" class="mtli_attachment mtli_pdf">Rainbow Covenenant Study Sheet</a><br />
<a href="https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/David-Seidenberg-Genesis-Covenant-Jubilee-and-the-Land-Ethic-neohasid.pdf" class="mtli_attachment mtli_pdf">Genesis, Covenant, Jubilee and the Land Ethic</a> | <a href="https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/David-Seidenberg-Genesis-Covenant-Jubilee-and-the-Land-Ethic-abridged-neohasid.pdf" class="mtli_attachment mtli_pdf">abridged</a><br />
<a href="https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/David-Seidenberg-Midrash-on-Parshat-Noah-and-the-Preservation-of-Species-neohasid.pdf" class="mtli_attachment mtli_pdf">Midrash on Parshat Noah and the Preservation of Species</a><br />
Also see Rabbi David Seidenberg&#8217;s <a href="https://opensiddur.org/2010/11/a-prayer-for-the-earth-by-david-seidenberg/">Prayer for the Earth</a>.<br />
Additional Rainbow Day resources available at <a href="http://www.jewcology.com/index.php?url=resource/Rainbow-Day">jewcology.com</a> (some resources not shared with a free-culture license)</p>
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<p>In the Jewish seasonal calendar, the days of the Omer, between the 17th and 27th of Iyyar, fall on the midpoint between the spring equinox and the summer solstice. The 42nd day of the Omer ends the week associated with the divine attribute (<em>sephira</em>) of <em>Yesod</em> &#8212; foundation, and is a gateway for entering the week associated with the innermost sephira, <em>Malkhut</em> (Majesty) &#8212; the divine kingdom in nature revealed before all.</p>
<p>Rainbow Day<span class="footnote_referrer"><a role="button" tabindex="0" onclick="footnote_moveToReference_3270_2('footnote_plugin_reference_3270_2_1');" onkeypress="footnote_moveToReference_3270_2('footnote_plugin_reference_3270_2_1');" ><sup id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_3270_2_1" class="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text">[1]</sup></a><span id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3270_2_1" class="footnote_tooltip"> In the Talmud, there’s a debate about whether the dates in Genesis follow the Torah’s calendar or the “calendar of the nations.” The first month of the Torah’s calendar is Nissan, the month of Passover and spring. But according to the Talmud, the calendar of the nations begins in Tishrei (when we also celebrate the New Year). The dates we use here for Rainbow Day and Flood Day correspond to the opinion that the flood dates follow the Torah’s calendar. Shift the dates by six (lunar) months to get the dates that follow the other opinion. There’s one more date in the flood story: the day the ark landed on Mt. Ararat, the 17th of the seventh month. Any of these dates can be a time to remember the flood story and what it teaches us about the holiness of life on Earth. R. Arthur Waskow first suggested making Rainbow Day into a celebration in 1981. (David Seidenberg)&nbsp;</span></span><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_3270_2_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3270_2_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [0, 0], });</script>&nbsp; &#8212; the 42nd day of the Omer (<span class="hebrew" lang="heb-Hebr">מ״ב בעומר</span>) is the 27th of Iyyar (&#8220;the 27th day of the second month&#8221; in Genesis 8:14), when the animals, along with Noaḥ&#8217;s family, left the ark, and the rainbow (<em>keshet</em>) appeared as a sign of covenant. This should be a time of celebration. According to the kabbalistic counting of the Omer, Rainbow Day is also the day of <em>Malkhut</em> in <em>Yesod</em>, a unity of masculine and feminine that represents a milestone on the way to the revelation of Shavuot. For us, it can represent a chance to commit ourselves to the rainbow covenant, to turn from actions that destroy the earth, to turn our lives away from unraveling earth&#8217;s climate and the web of life, from diminishing earth&#8217;s abundance.</p>
<p>In the story of the Great Flood, the deluge lasted for over a year, but the time separating the beginning from the end on the calendar is only 10 days. According to the Torah, the flood began on the 17th of Iyyar (&#8220;the 17th day of the second month&#8221; in Genesis 7:11). The 17th of Iyyar falls on <span class="hebrew" lang="heb-Hebr">ל״ב בעומר</span> (Lev BaOmer &#8212; the heart of the Omer) the day before Lag BaOmer, days already associated with fire.<span class="footnote_referrer"><a role="button" tabindex="0" onclick="footnote_moveToReference_3270_2('footnote_plugin_reference_3270_2_2');" onkeypress="footnote_moveToReference_3270_2('footnote_plugin_reference_3270_2_2');" ><sup id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_3270_2_2" class="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text">[2]</sup></a><span id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3270_2_2" class="footnote_tooltip"> In Sanhedrin 108b, both Rebi Yoaḥanan and Rav Ḥisda relate teachings that the Generation of the Flood were punished with scalding water. A <em>baraita</em> interpreted Job 12:5 to teach that the waters of the Flood were as hot and viscous as bodily fluids. And Rav Ḥisda taught that since it was with hot passion that they transgressed, it was with hot water that they were punished. For Genesis 8:1 says, &#8220;And the water cooled&#8221; (<span class="hebrew" lang="heb-Hebr">יָּשֹׁכּוּ</span>, yashoku), and Esther 7:10 says, &#8220;Then the king&#8217;s wrath cooled down&#8221; (<span class="hebrew" lang="heb-Hebr">שָׁכָכָה</span>, shachachah). (Talmud Bavli <em>Sanhedrin</em> 108b; see also Babylonian Talmud Rosh Hashanah 12a; Zevachim 113b.) cf. <em>Bereishit Rabba</em> 28:9 &#8212;<br />
Rebi Yoḥanan said: We learned: The judgment of the generation of the Flood lasted twelve months: having received their punishment, are they to enjoy a portion in the World to Come? Said Rebi Yoḥanan: <span class="divine-referent">the blessed Holy One</span> will boil up in Gehenna every single drop poured out on them, produce it and pour it down upon them. Thus it is written, &#8220;When they wax hot, they vanish&#8221; (Job 6:17), which means, they will be destroyed absolutely by scalding water.<br />
<br />Also in the tradition of Islam, in Suras 11.42 and 23.27 of the Quran, it is says of the Flood: &#8220;the oven boiled over.&#8221; cf., Suras 7:57-63, 10:72-75, 11:27-50, 22:43, 23:23-32, 25:39, 26:105-121, 29:13-14, 37:73-81, 54:9-18, 71:1ff with Talmud Bavli Sanhedrin 108b, Suras 11:40 with Midrash Tanchuma Bereishit 7 (on Noaḥ), and Suras 11:42, 23:27 with Rosh Hashanah 16a.[&#8211;ANV]&nbsp;</span></span><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_3270_2_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3270_2_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [0, 0], });</script>&nbsp;</p>
<p>As we move from the flood waters of Lev baOmer through the fires of Lag baOmer and through the coming week, we are reaching toward a different kind of illumination, the rainbow, which balances water and fire to create such a powerful expression of beauty and diversity. The rainbow covenant is special—not only because it’s the first covenant in the Torah. It’s also not just a covenant with humanity, but rather a covenant between God and all living creatures, and between G!d and the land.</p>
<p>There’s also a special connection between the Rainbow covenant and the covenant of the sabbatical year (<em>shmitah</em>), which we will read on Shabbat <em>Behar</em> (Leviticus 25). Like in the rainbow covenant, the land is also a primary partner in the Sinai/<em>shmitah</em> covenant. In Leviticus 26:34, G!d even puts the land before the people, declaring that the people will be exiled from the land if they don’t observe <em>Shmitah</em>, so that the land can “enjoy her sabbaths.”</p>
<p>The wild animals are also remembered in the <em>Shmitah</em> covenant, and what grows from the land is left for them as well as for people. In this respect, the <em>Shmitah</em> covenant is more like a return to Eden, to before the Flood, when animals and people shared the food of the garden. (The rabbis took this very seriously: fields were not allowed to be completely enclose during <em>Shmitah</em>, and people could only eat and store the foods that were actually growing in the field at that time.)</p>
<p>The mitsvah of shmitah evokes the first commandment to humankind: <span class="hebrew" lang="heb-Hebr">וַיִּקַּ֛ח יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶת־הָֽאָדָ֑ם וַיַּנִּחֵ֣הוּ בְגַן־עֵ֔דֶן לְעָבְדָ֖הּ וּלְשָׁמְרָֽהּ׃</span> &#8212; &#8220;And YHVH <em>Elohim</em> took the <em>Adam</em>, and put him into the Garden of Eden to cultivate it and to protect it&#8221; (Bereshit 2:15). The corruption of the world is illustrated in the transgression of <span class="hebrew" lang="heb-Hebr">גזל</span> &#8212; theft &#8212; a description of a host of depraved acts whereby nature itself was corrupted by the non-consensual predatory acts of humankind: violent, terrifying, and motivated by unquenchable desire.<span class="footnote_referrer"><a role="button" tabindex="0" onclick="footnote_moveToReference_3270_2('footnote_plugin_reference_3270_2_3');" onkeypress="footnote_moveToReference_3270_2('footnote_plugin_reference_3270_2_3');" ><sup id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_3270_2_3" class="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text">[3]</sup></a><span id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3270_2_3" class="footnote_tooltip"> cf. The Book of Jubilees chapter 5 and the Midrash of Shemhazai and Azael in Yalkut Shemoni, et al.&nbsp;</span></span><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_3270_2_3').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3270_2_3', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [0, 0], });</script>&nbsp;</p>
<p>The time we are in today is thus a time to ask: are we so determined to undo God&#8217;s rainbow covenant? Will we truly burn the sea, chemically and literally, with the oil we unleash from inside the Earth as we did several years ago? Will we flood the sea with death as the land was flooded according to the Noah story of so long ago? Will mercury precipitating out of the atmosphere from the dust of our burnt fossil fuels continue to build up and debilitate marine life? Will our fellow human beings continue to over-fish and destroy the oceans food web, finning its sharks and slaughtering its whales? Will our earth&#8217;s defenders <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20161017201416/http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/2012/05/16/germany-considers-sending-whale-defender-to-what-will-be-a-death-sentence-in-costa-rica-1377">be imprisoned</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_DeChristopher">remain imprisoned</a> for their important work? As the cleanup from the Gulf of Mexico fades from memory, and its effects will continue for decades, what new floods will we unleash in the coming years? What enduring harm awaits from tapping the limited supply of fossil fuel from the Tar Sands of Canada? How many more aquifers will we poison and earthquakes will we trigger through hydraulic fracturing (fracking)? How much more of the global food web on which wildlife and healthy ecosystems rely will we disrupt causing untold extinctions of creatures we have only just discovered or have yet to discover?</p>
<p>The rainbow signified a new covenant between God and the land. It&#8217;s time for us to imagine a new covenant between humanity and the Earth, including the land and the seas, one that we start to live by as we change our lifestyles and habits. And maybe next year it will be time to celebrate that new covenant.
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<p>We are grateful to Rabbi Dovid Seidenberg for sharing his prayer for Rainbow Day, the 42nd day of the Omer. The above is a compilation of teachings and prayers by R&#8217; Seidenberg shared at neohasid.org and over the neohasid.org discussion list, Chassidus without Borders. R&#8217; Seidenberg strongly encourages everyone to share knowledge of Rainbow Day and bring it into the wider awareness of the Jewish people. I have added my thoughts within brackets or within footnotes. Shavuot is the most meaningful day for me as a Bnei Adam and Bnei Noach privileged to do Judaism, and in particular because of how I understand these mythos through the <a href="http://aharon.varady.net/omphalos/2010/05/happy-vegetarian-shavuot">Book of Jubilees and the Midrash of Shemhazai and Azael</a>. I&#8217;m so glad to help reveal rainbow day as part of the praxis leading up to Shavuot.&#8211; Aharon N. Varady</p>
<div class="speaker-mute footnotes_reference_container"> <div class="footnote_container_prepare"><p><span role="button" tabindex="0" class="footnote_reference_container_label pointer" onclick="footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_3270_2();">Notes</span><span role="button" tabindex="0" class="footnote_reference_container_collapse_button" style="display: none;; display: none;" onclick="footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_3270_2();"></span></p></div> <div id="footnote_references_container_3270_2" style=""><table class="footnotes_table footnote-reference-container"><caption class="accessibility">Notes</caption> <tbody> 

<tr class="footnotes_plugin_reference_row"> <th scope="row" id="footnote_plugin_reference_3270_2_1" class="footnote_plugin_index pointer" onclick="footnote_moveToAnchor_3270_2('footnote_plugin_tooltip_3270_2_1');"><a role="button" tabindex="0" class="footnote_plugin_link" >1</a></th> <td class="footnote_plugin_text">In the Talmud, there’s a debate about whether the dates in Genesis follow the Torah’s calendar or the “calendar of the nations.” The first month of the Torah’s calendar is Nissan, the month of Passover and spring. But according to the Talmud, the calendar of the nations begins in Tishrei (when we also celebrate the New Year). The dates we use here for Rainbow Day and Flood Day correspond to the opinion that the flood dates follow the Torah’s calendar. Shift the dates by six (lunar) months to get the dates that follow the other opinion. There’s one more date in the flood story: the day the ark landed on Mt. Ararat, the 17th of the seventh month. Any of these dates can be a time to remember the flood story and what it teaches us about the holiness of life on Earth. R. Arthur Waskow first suggested making Rainbow Day into a celebration in 1981. (David Seidenberg)</td></tr>

<tr class="footnotes_plugin_reference_row"> <th scope="row" id="footnote_plugin_reference_3270_2_2" class="footnote_plugin_index pointer" onclick="footnote_moveToAnchor_3270_2('footnote_plugin_tooltip_3270_2_2');"><a role="button" tabindex="0" class="footnote_plugin_link" >2</a></th> <td class="footnote_plugin_text">In Sanhedrin 108b, both Rebi Yoaḥanan and Rav Ḥisda relate teachings that the Generation of the Flood were punished with scalding water. A <em>baraita</em> interpreted Job 12:5 to teach that the waters of the Flood were as hot and viscous as bodily fluids. And Rav Ḥisda taught that since it was with hot passion that they transgressed, it was with hot water that they were punished. For Genesis 8:1 says, &#8220;And the water cooled&#8221; (<span class="hebrew" lang="heb-Hebr">יָּשֹׁכּוּ</span>, yashoku), and Esther 7:10 says, &#8220;Then the king&#8217;s wrath cooled down&#8221; (<span class="hebrew" lang="heb-Hebr">שָׁכָכָה</span>, shachachah). (Talmud Bavli <em>Sanhedrin</em> 108b; see also Babylonian Talmud Rosh Hashanah 12a; Zevachim 113b.) cf. <em>Bereishit Rabba</em> 28:9 &#8212;<br />
Rebi Yoḥanan said: We learned: The judgment of the generation of the Flood lasted twelve months: having received their punishment, are they to enjoy a portion in the World to Come? Said Rebi Yoḥanan: <span class="divine-referent">the blessed Holy One</span> will boil up in Gehenna every single drop poured out on them, produce it and pour it down upon them. Thus it is written, &#8220;When they wax hot, they vanish&#8221; (Job 6:17), which means, they will be destroyed absolutely by scalding water.</p>
<p>Also in the tradition of Islam, in Suras 11.42 and 23.27 of the Quran, it is says of the Flood: &#8220;the oven boiled over.&#8221; cf., Suras 7:57-63, 10:72-75, 11:27-50, 22:43, 23:23-32, 25:39, 26:105-121, 29:13-14, 37:73-81, 54:9-18, 71:1ff with Talmud Bavli Sanhedrin 108b, Suras 11:40 with Midrash Tanchuma Bereishit 7 (on Noaḥ), and Suras 11:42, 23:27 with Rosh Hashanah 16a.[&#8211;ANV]</td></tr>

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		<title>שבע ברכות &#124; The Seven Blessings over a Wedding (interpretive translation by Aharon Varady)</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[A translation of the Seven Blessings shared just in time for Shavuot, and in honor of several of my friend's weddings.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Note: This translation uses the <em>pluralis majestatis</em> (singular &#8216;they/them&#8217; pronouns) to refer to the Divine. This is not meant to imply that the Divine is more than one (<em>ḥas v’shalom</em>) but rather to reflect the vastness and majesty of God while also avoiding gendered language. See Ibn Ezra’s commentary on Genesis 1:1 for a discussion of the <em>pluralis majestatis</em> when referring to the Divine.</p>
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<sup>א</sup> בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה<br />
 יְיָ אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ<br />
מֶֽלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם<br />
בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הַגָּֽפֶן׃
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<sup>1</sup> Blessed are you,<br />
YHVH our <em>elo&#8217;ah</em>,<br />
cosmic majesty,<br />
who shapes the fruit of the tree of knowledge.<span class="footnote_referrer"><a role="button" tabindex="0" onclick="footnote_moveToReference_5036_3('footnote_plugin_reference_5036_3_1');" onkeypress="footnote_moveToReference_5036_3('footnote_plugin_reference_5036_3_1');" ><sup id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_5036_3_1" class="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text">[1]</sup></a><span id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_5036_3_1" class="footnote_tooltip"> cf. Rabbi Simeon Singer (1895), &#8220;Blessed art thou, O Lord our God, King of the universe, who creates the fruit of the vine.&#8221; The <em>shoresh</em> <span class="hebrew" lang="heb-Hebr">ברא</span> means &#8220;create, shape, form.&#8221; In the context of growing things, I believe that the blessing is more meaningfully understood in how divine nature shapes living things, <span class="hebrew" lang="heb-Hebr">שעשני בעצמו</span> and <span class="hebrew" lang="heb-Hebr">שעשני כרצונו</span>. The &#8220;fruit of the Vine&#8221; is a reference to the mythical fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Ill.&nbsp;</span></span><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_5036_3_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_5036_3_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [0, 0], });</script>&nbsp;
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<sup>ב</sup> בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה<br />
 יְיָ אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ<br />
מֶֽלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם<br />
שֶׁהַכֹּל בָּרָא לִכְבוֹדוֹ׃
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<sup>2</sup> Blessed are you,<br />
YHVH our <em>elo&#8217;ah</em>,<br />
cosmic majesty,<br />
who creates everything as <em>their</em> glorious signifier!<span class="footnote_referrer"><a role="button" tabindex="0" onclick="footnote_moveToReference_5036_3('footnote_plugin_reference_5036_3_2');" onkeypress="footnote_moveToReference_5036_3('footnote_plugin_reference_5036_3_2');" ><sup id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_5036_3_2" class="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text">[2]</sup></a><span id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_5036_3_2" class="footnote_tooltip"> cf. Rabbi Simeon Singer (1895), &#8220;Blessed art thou, O Lord our God, King of the universe, who hast created all things to thy glory.&#8221; In this blessing, I wanted to help unpack some of the mystery surrounding the word &#8220;kavod&#8221; (glory, honor) which in the Jewish imagination is something less abstract and more something that is a witnessed and experienced phenomena inseparable from perceiving the reality of the physical world as it truly is, without taking it for granted, suffused with divine wonder.&nbsp;</span></span><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_5036_3_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_5036_3_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [0, 0], });</script>&nbsp;
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<sup>ג</sup> בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה<br />
יְיָ אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ<br />
מֶֽלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם<br />
יוֹצֵר הָאָדָם׃
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<sup>3</sup> Blessed are you,<br />
YHVH our <em>elo&#8217;ah</em>,<br />
cosmic majesty,<br />
who fashions our cosmic potential!<span class="footnote_referrer"><a role="button" tabindex="0" onclick="footnote_moveToReference_5036_3('footnote_plugin_reference_5036_3_3');" onkeypress="footnote_moveToReference_5036_3('footnote_plugin_reference_5036_3_3');" ><sup id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_5036_3_3" class="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text">[3]</sup></a><span id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_5036_3_3" class="footnote_tooltip"> cf. Rabbi Simeon Singer (1895), &#8220;Blessed art thou, O Lord our God, King of the universe, Creator of man.&#8221;  In this blessing I want to make certain that by invoking &#8220;the Adam&#8221;, the blessing is making a reference to Adam Kadmon as initially realized and before, through naïve transgression, was diminished. In the Jewish imagination, Adam Kadmon signifies our cosmic potential, containing worlds, and a mirror of divine likeness.&nbsp;</span></span><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_5036_3_3').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_5036_3_3', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [0, 0], });</script>&nbsp;
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<sup>ד</sup> בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה<br />
יְיָ אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ<br />
מֶֽלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם<br />
אֲשֶׁר יָצַר אֶת הָאָדָם בְּצַלְמוֹ<br />
בְּצֶֽלֶם דְּמוּת תַּבְנִיתוֹ<br />
וְהִתְקִין לוֹ מִמֶּֽנּוּ בִּנְיַן עֲדֵי עַד.<br />
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְיָ<br />
יוֹצֵר הָאָדָם׃
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<sup>4</sup> Blessed are you,<br />
 YHVH our <em>elo&#8217;ah</em>,<br />
 cosmic majesty,<br />
 who fashions each person in <em>their</em> likeness.<br />
You have planted within us your creative potential<br />
 and given us the means that we may perpetually flourish.<br />
Blessed are you YHVH,<br />
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<sup>ה</sup> שׂוֹשׂ תָּשִׂישׂ וְתָגֵל הָעֲקָרָה<br />
בְּקִבּוּץ בָּנֶֽיהָ לְתוֹכָהּ בְּשִׂמְחָה.<br />
‏בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְיָ<br />
מְשַׂמֵּֽחַ צִיּוֹן בְּבָנֶֽיהָ׃
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<sup>5</sup> May she who was left bereft of her children,<br />
now delight as they gather together in joy.<br />
Blessed are you YHVH,<br />
who delights in <em>Tziyon</em> with her children!<span class="footnote_referrer"><a role="button" tabindex="0" onclick="footnote_moveToReference_5036_3('footnote_plugin_reference_5036_3_5');" onkeypress="footnote_moveToReference_5036_3('footnote_plugin_reference_5036_3_5');" ><sup id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_5036_3_5" class="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text">[5]</sup></a><span id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_5036_3_5" class="footnote_tooltip"> cf. Rabbi Simeon Singer (1895), &#8220;May she who was barren (Zion) be exceeding glad and exult, when her children are gathered within her in joy. Blessed art thou, O Lord, who makest Ẓíōn  joyful through her children.&#8221; In this blessing, I wanted to invoke the idea that the Divine Presence is exiled from us when we are made to feel alienated from her. With joy and with consensual commitment to each other&#8217;s welfare we create a unification that heals and redeems shattered worlds.&nbsp;</span></span><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_5036_3_5').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_5036_3_5', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [0, 0], });</script>&nbsp;
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<sup>ו</sup> שַׂמֵּֽחַ תְּשַׂמַּח רֵעִים הָאֲהוּבִים<br />
כְּשַׂמֵּחֲךָ יְצִירְךָ<br />
בְּגַן עֵֽדֶן<br />
מִקֶּֽדֶם.<br />
‏בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְיָ<br />
מְשַׂמֵּֽחַ חָתָן וְכַלָּה׃‏
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<sup>6</sup> Let these loving friends<br />
taste of the bliss you gave to the first man and woman<br />
 in the Garden of Eden<br />
 in our earliest memory.<br />
Blessed are you YHVH,<br />
who delights with bridegroom and bride!<span class="footnote_referrer"><a role="button" tabindex="0" onclick="footnote_moveToReference_5036_3('footnote_plugin_reference_5036_3_6');" onkeypress="footnote_moveToReference_5036_3('footnote_plugin_reference_5036_3_6');" ><sup id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_5036_3_6" class="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text">[6]</sup></a><span id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_5036_3_6" class="footnote_tooltip"> cf. Rabbi Simeon Singer (1895), &#8220;O make these loved companions greatly to rejoice, even as of old thou didst gladden thy creature in the garden of Eden. Blessed art thou, O Lord, who makest bridegroom and bride to rejoice.&#8221; With this blessing, the challenge I felt was in translating &#8220;kedem&#8221; (ancient, primoridal) a sense of mythic memory that is preciously romantic.&nbsp;</span></span><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_5036_3_6').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_5036_3_6', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [0, 0], });</script>&nbsp;
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<sup>ז</sup> בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה<br />
 יְיָ אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ<br />
מֶֽלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם<br />
אֲשֶׁר בָּרָא שָׂשׂוֹן וְשִׂמְחָה<br />
חָתָן וְכַלָּה<br />
גִּילָה רִנָּה<br />
דִּיצָה וְחֶדְוָה<br />
אַהֲבָה וְאַחֲוָה<br />
וְשָׁלוֹם וְרֵעוּת.<br />
מְהֵרָה<br />
יְיָ אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ<br />
יִשָּׁמַע בְּעָרֵי יְהוּדָה<br />
וּבְחֻצוֹת יְרוּשָׁלָםִ<br />
קוֹל שָׂשׂוֹן וְקוֹל שִׂמְחָה<br />
קוֹל חָתָן וְקוֹל כַּלָּה<br />
קוֹל מִצְהֲלוֹת חֲתָנִים מֵחֻפָּתָם<br />
וּנְעָרִים מִמִּשְׁתֵּה נְגִינָתָם.<br />
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְיָ<br />
מְשַׂמֵּֽחַ חָתָן עִם הַכַּלָּה׃
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<sup>7</sup> Blessed are You,<br />
 YHVH our <em>elo&#8217;ah</em>,<br />
 cosmic majesty,<br />
 who illuminates the world with happiness and contentment,<br />
bridegroom and bride,<br />
delight and celebration,<br />
gaiety and mirth,<br />
love and companionship,<br />
peace and friendship.<br />
Speedily,<br />
YHVH our <em>elo&#8217;ah</em>,<br />
let it be heard in all the intentional Jewish communities,<br />
and in the gates of the City of Peace,<br />
cries of joy, song, merriment, and delight —<br />
the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride,<br />
the jubilant voice of bridegrooms from their canopies,<br />
and of youths from their feasts of song.<br />
Blessed are you YHVH,<br />
who delights in bridegroom and bride together!<span class="footnote_referrer"><a role="button" tabindex="0" onclick="footnote_moveToReference_5036_3('footnote_plugin_reference_5036_3_7');" onkeypress="footnote_moveToReference_5036_3('footnote_plugin_reference_5036_3_7');" ><sup id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_5036_3_7" class="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text">[7]</sup></a><span id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_5036_3_7" class="footnote_tooltip"> cf. Rabbi Simeon Singer (1895), &#8220;Blessed art thou, O Lord our God, King of the universe, who hast created joy and gladness, bridegroom and bride, mirth and exultation, pleasure and delight, love, brotherhood, peace and fellowship. Soon may there be heard in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of joy and gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the jubilant voice of bridegrooms from their canopies, and of youths from their feasts of song. Blessed art thou, O Lord, who makest the bridegroom to rejoice with the bride.&#8221; In this blessing, I took a liberty in translating &#8220;Judaean cities&#8221; as &#8220;intentional Jewish communities&#8221; striving to represent and express the peaceful and loving vision of our prophets. I&#8217;ve also translated Jerusalem as the City of Peace, may it truly be so in our days. &nbsp;</span></span><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_5036_3_7').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_5036_3_7', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [0, 0], });</script>&nbsp;
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<p>I am pleased to share this translation of <em>Sheva Brachot</em> in honor of my friend&#8217;s wedding. I first worked on this at the request of Stacey Bhaerman and Adam Shapiro, and more recently was asked by Rachel Katz and Nati Passow. The translation was adapted from Rabbi Simeon Singer&#8217;s translation of the Sheva Brachot, “<a href="http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/spb/spb46.htm">The Seven Benedictions</a>” in The Authorised Daily Prayer Book of the British Empire (1895), and inspired by Rabbi Gilah Langner&#8217;s <a href="http://kerem.org/a-taste-of-kerem/seven-wedding-blessings">translation of the Sheva Brachot</a> (that is also shared with a CC-BY-SA 3.0 Unported license). This translation is shared for your joy to adopt, adapt, and redistribute, so long as you include this license and correct attribution.</p>
<div class="speaker-mute footnotes_reference_container"> <div class="footnote_container_prepare"><p><span role="button" tabindex="0" class="footnote_reference_container_label pointer" onclick="footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_5036_3();">Notes</span><span role="button" tabindex="0" class="footnote_reference_container_collapse_button" style="display: none;; display: none;" onclick="footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_5036_3();"></span></p></div> <div id="footnote_references_container_5036_3" style=""><table class="footnotes_table footnote-reference-container"><caption class="accessibility">Notes</caption> <tbody> 

<tr class="footnotes_plugin_reference_row"> <th scope="row" id="footnote_plugin_reference_5036_3_1" class="footnote_plugin_index pointer" onclick="footnote_moveToAnchor_5036_3('footnote_plugin_tooltip_5036_3_1');"><a role="button" tabindex="0" class="footnote_plugin_link" >1</a></th> <td class="footnote_plugin_text">cf. Rabbi Simeon Singer (1895), &#8220;Blessed art thou, O Lord our God, King of the universe, who creates the fruit of the vine.&#8221; The <em>shoresh</em> <span class="hebrew" lang="heb-Hebr">ברא</span> means &#8220;create, shape, form.&#8221; In the context of growing things, I believe that the blessing is more meaningfully understood in how divine nature shapes living things, <span class="hebrew" lang="heb-Hebr">שעשני בעצמו</span> and <span class="hebrew" lang="heb-Hebr">שעשני כרצונו</span>. The &#8220;fruit of the Vine&#8221; is a reference to the mythical fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Ill.</td></tr>

<tr class="footnotes_plugin_reference_row"> <th scope="row" id="footnote_plugin_reference_5036_3_2" class="footnote_plugin_index pointer" onclick="footnote_moveToAnchor_5036_3('footnote_plugin_tooltip_5036_3_2');"><a role="button" tabindex="0" class="footnote_plugin_link" >2</a></th> <td class="footnote_plugin_text">cf. Rabbi Simeon Singer (1895), &#8220;Blessed art thou, O Lord our God, King of the universe, who hast created all things to thy glory.&#8221; In this blessing, I wanted to help unpack some of the mystery surrounding the word &#8220;kavod&#8221; (glory, honor) which in the Jewish imagination is something less abstract and more something that is a witnessed and experienced phenomena inseparable from perceiving the reality of the physical world as it truly is, without taking it for granted, suffused with divine wonder.</td></tr>

<tr class="footnotes_plugin_reference_row"> <th scope="row" id="footnote_plugin_reference_5036_3_3" class="footnote_plugin_index pointer" onclick="footnote_moveToAnchor_5036_3('footnote_plugin_tooltip_5036_3_3');"><a role="button" tabindex="0" class="footnote_plugin_link" >3</a></th> <td class="footnote_plugin_text">cf. Rabbi Simeon Singer (1895), &#8220;Blessed art thou, O Lord our God, King of the universe, Creator of man.&#8221;  In this blessing I want to make certain that by invoking &#8220;the Adam&#8221;, the blessing is making a reference to Adam Kadmon as initially realized and before, through naïve transgression, was diminished. In the Jewish imagination, Adam Kadmon signifies our cosmic potential, containing worlds, and a mirror of divine likeness.</td></tr>

<tr class="footnotes_plugin_reference_row"> <th scope="row" id="footnote_plugin_reference_5036_3_4" class="footnote_plugin_index pointer" onclick="footnote_moveToAnchor_5036_3('footnote_plugin_tooltip_5036_3_4');"><a role="button" tabindex="0" class="footnote_plugin_link" >4</a></th> <td class="footnote_plugin_text">cf. Rabbi Simeon Singer (1895), &#8220;Blessed art thou, O Lord our God, King of the universe, who hast made man in thine image, after thy likeness, and hast prepared unto him, out of his very self, a perpetual fabric. Blessed art thou, O Lord, Creator of man.&#8221; In this blessing, I want to affirm the amazing power and responsibility invested in our agency, that follows from our appreciation of ourselves as the children of the Adam Kadmon, inheritors of creative consciousness and sentience, and in the first <em>mitsvah</em> of the Torah, tasked with cultivating and protecting the Earth, <em>l&#8217;ovdah u&#8217;lshomrah</em>: <span class="hebrew" lang="heb-Hebr">וַיִּקַּ֛ח יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶת־הָֽאָדָ֑ם וַיַּנִּחֵ֣הוּ בְגַן־עֵ֔דֶן לְעָבְדָ֖הּ וּלְשָׁמְרָֽהּ׃</span>.</td></tr>

<tr class="footnotes_plugin_reference_row"> <th scope="row" id="footnote_plugin_reference_5036_3_5" class="footnote_plugin_index pointer" onclick="footnote_moveToAnchor_5036_3('footnote_plugin_tooltip_5036_3_5');"><a role="button" tabindex="0" class="footnote_plugin_link" >5</a></th> <td class="footnote_plugin_text">cf. Rabbi Simeon Singer (1895), &#8220;May she who was barren (Zion) be exceeding glad and exult, when her children are gathered within her in joy. Blessed art thou, O Lord, who makest Ẓíōn  joyful through her children.&#8221; In this blessing, I wanted to invoke the idea that the Divine Presence is exiled from us when we are made to feel alienated from her. With joy and with consensual commitment to each other&#8217;s welfare we create a unification that heals and redeems shattered worlds.</td></tr>

<tr class="footnotes_plugin_reference_row"> <th scope="row" id="footnote_plugin_reference_5036_3_6" class="footnote_plugin_index pointer" onclick="footnote_moveToAnchor_5036_3('footnote_plugin_tooltip_5036_3_6');"><a role="button" tabindex="0" class="footnote_plugin_link" >6</a></th> <td class="footnote_plugin_text">cf. Rabbi Simeon Singer (1895), &#8220;O make these loved companions greatly to rejoice, even as of old thou didst gladden thy creature in the garden of Eden. Blessed art thou, O Lord, who makest bridegroom and bride to rejoice.&#8221; With this blessing, the challenge I felt was in translating &#8220;kedem&#8221; (ancient, primoridal) a sense of mythic memory that is preciously romantic.</td></tr>

<tr class="footnotes_plugin_reference_row"> <th scope="row" id="footnote_plugin_reference_5036_3_7" class="footnote_plugin_index pointer" onclick="footnote_moveToAnchor_5036_3('footnote_plugin_tooltip_5036_3_7');"><a role="button" tabindex="0" class="footnote_plugin_link" >7</a></th> <td class="footnote_plugin_text">cf. Rabbi Simeon Singer (1895), &#8220;Blessed art thou, O Lord our God, King of the universe, who hast created joy and gladness, bridegroom and bride, mirth and exultation, pleasure and delight, love, brotherhood, peace and fellowship. Soon may there be heard in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of joy and gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the jubilant voice of bridegrooms from their canopies, and of youths from their feasts of song. Blessed art thou, O Lord, who makest the bridegroom to rejoice with the bride.&#8221; In this blessing, I took a liberty in translating &#8220;Judaean cities&#8221; as &#8220;intentional Jewish communities&#8221; striving to represent and express the peaceful and loving vision of our prophets. I&#8217;ve also translated Jerusalem as the City of Peace, may it truly be so in our days. </td></tr>

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