Eikev 5784-2024
“Understanding Birkat Hamazon, the Grace After Meals”
(updated and revised from Eikev 5765-2005)
Parashat Eikev contains the verse that serves as the source of the mitzvah mandating the reciting of Birkat Hamazon--the Grace after meals. What is the purpose of the Grace after meals? Furthermore, how can a lowly mortal hope to bless or acknowledge the Source of his/her food?
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Eikev 5769-2009
"Feeding the Animals–Beasts and Humans"
Parashat Eikev includes a reference to eating food and being sated. From this brief reference, we are taught many exalted laws regarding our relationship to food, our relationship to animals, as well as Judaism's deep understanding of human nature.
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Eikev 5765-2005
"Understanding Birkat Hamazon, the Grace After Meals"
Parashat Eikev contains the verse that serves as the source of the mitzvah mandating the reciting of Birkat Hamazon--the Grace after Meals. What is the purpose of the Grace after Meals? Furthermore, how can a lowly mortal hope to bless or acknowledge the source of his food?
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