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בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה
יְיָ אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ מֶֽלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם שֶׁהַכֹּל בָּרָא לִכְבוֹדוֹ׃ |
Blessed are you
YHVH our elo’ah Cosmic Majesty, Who has created everything in divine self-honor. |
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בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה
יְיָ אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ מֶֽלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם יוֹצֵר הָאָדָם׃ |
Blessed are you
YHVH our elo’ah Cosmic Majesty, Who created the Adam. |
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בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה
יְיָ אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ מֶֽלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם אֲשֶׁר יָצַר אֶת־הָאָדָם בְּצַלְמוֹ, בְּצֶֽלֶם דְּמוּת תַּבְנִיתוֹ וְהִתְקִין לוֹ מִמֶּֽנּוּ בִּנְיַן עֲדֵי־עַד. בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְיָ יוֹצֵר הָאָדָם׃ |
Blessed are you
YHVH our elo’ah Cosmic Majesty, Who created the Adam as an image of the divine, in the image of the divine likeness, and prepared for him, from the divine-self, an infinite structure. Blessed are you YHVH Who created the Adam. |
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שׂוֹשׂ תָּשִׂישׂ
וְתָגֵל (נ״א: הָ)עֲקָרָה בְּקִבּוּץ בָּנֶֽיהָ לְתוֹכָהּ (נ״ס: בִּמְהֵרָה) בְּשִׂמְחָה. בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְיָ מְשַׂמֵּֽחַ צִיּוֹן בְּבָנֶֽיהָ׃ |
Let her be extremely joyful
and exultant, (the) barren woman, at the gathering of the children into her midst, (speedily) in happiness. Blessed are you YHVH Who brings happiness to Tsiyon through her children. |
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שַׂמֵּֽחַ תְּשַׂמַּח
רֵעִים הָאֲהוּבִים כְּשַׂמֵּחֲךְ(ךָ) יְצִירָךְ (נ״א: יְצִירְךָ) בְּגַן עֵֽדֶן מִקֶּֽדֶם. בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְיָ מְשַׂמֵּֽחַ חָתָן וְכַלָּה׃ |
May you bring intense happiness
to beloved companions as you made joyful the one you formed in Gan Aden from primordial times. Blessed are you YHVH Who brings happiness to groom and bride. |
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בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה
יְיָ אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ מֶֽלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם אֲשֶׁר בָּרָא שָׂשׂוֹן וְשִׂמְחָה חָתָן וְכַלָּה גִּילָה רִנָּה דִּיצָה וְחֶדְוָה אַהֲבָה וְאַחְוָה (נ״א: וְ)שָׁלוֹם וְרֵעוּת. מְהֵרָה יְיָ אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ יִשָּׁמַע בְּעָרֵי יְהוּדָה וּבְחֻצוֹת יְרוּשָׁלָםִ קוֹל שָׂשׂוֹן וְקוֹל שִׂמְחָה קוֹל חָתָן וְקוֹל כַּלָּה קוֹל מִצְהֲלוֹת (נ״ס: חֻפּוֹת) חֲתָנִים מֵֽחֻפָּתָם וּנְעָרִים מִמִּשְׁתֵּה נְגִינָתָם. בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְיָ מְשַׂמֵּֽחַ (נ״ס: הֶֽ)חָתָן עִם הַכַּלָּה׃ |
Blessed are you
YHVH our elo’ah Cosmic Majesty, Who has created the joy and happiness of the groom and bride, rejoicing, song, delight and gladness, love and fraternity, (and) peace and friendship. May it speedily be heard, YHVH our elo’ah, in the cities of Yehudah and in the streets of Yerushalayim, the sound of joy and happiness, the sound of grooms and brides, the sound of (ḥupah) merriment of grooms from their wedding canopies and of the youth at their song-filled feasts. Blessed are you YHVH Who brings happiness to (the) groom along with the bride. |
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בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה
יְיָ אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ מֶֽלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הַגֶּֽפֶן (נ״א: הַגָּֽפֶן)׃ |
Blessed are you
YHVH our elo’ah Cosmic Majesty, Who creates the fruit of the vine. |
Sheva Brakhot (Hebrew: שבע ברכות) literally “the seven blessings” also known as birkot nissuin (Hebrew: ברכות נישואין), “the wedding blessings” in Jewish law are blessings that are recited for a bride and her groom as part of nisuin (establishing the full marriage). It is not certain who composed the benedictions; the text is recorded in the Talmud Bavli Ketubot 7b-8a, but its origin is probably several centuries earlier.
Under the ḥuppah the blessing over wine is read first while at the wedding feast the blessing over wine is read last, as above.
The translation follows after the translation that Honi Sanders and I published in the birkon for his wedding, Siman l’Vanim (Dimus Parrhesia Press 2019) with some minor changes. That translation followed from the translation found in Siddur Zekhut Yosef (ed. Isaac Azose 2012). –Aharon Varady
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