עוֹד לֹא אָכַלְנוּ
עוֹד לֹא שָׁתִינוּ
יָבֵשׁ לָנוּ בַּגָּרוֹן
הָבוּ לָנוּ מַשְׁקֶה
מִיט אַ בִּיסֶל קאַשקע
אָז נשירה וְנָרֹן
עוֹד לֹא אָכַלְנוּ
עוֹד לֹא שָׁתִינוּ
יָבֵשׁ לָנוּ בַּגָּרוֹן
מוּכָנִים כְּבָר אָנוּ
לֶאֱכוֹל כּוּלָנוּ
וְנׁאמָר בְּתֵיאָבוֹן
I have learned what I am actually saying when I sing Birkat Hamazon instead of just singing some song that I learned in Kindergarten. It was time that I started to really care about where my food is from and how I am saying thank you through a prayer
Go to this site to find other lyrics.
https://www.zemereshet.co.il
Thinking about Birkat Ha-Mazon: Please create a text box below this by clicking on the "plus sign" and add your poem, story, song, or a link to your powerpoint below this. Include the names of all the people who worked on it with you. Label it, A Time When I Was (We Were) Really Hungry.
Heidi, Haya and Alex:
When We Were Really Hungry
Oh the pain!
I must refrain!
No eating allowed
Amongst the crowd
Today’s the day where where we don’t eat
We sit in shul all day longing to have a treat
We wait for night to break the fast
We hope for dinner to come where we’ll have a blast
Ten more hours, six more hours, The counting never stops
But once dinner comes I’ll have a bagel with lox.
My Brain kinda hurts, as does my stomach
But the end of the day is near where we can eat a nugget.
My family always throws the Challah. My dad will break off pieces and then throw 1 piece to each of us. We ussualy get it from a bakery in Minnetonka and it is REALLY good.
In connection to the various halakhot with regard to breaking bread, especially on Festivals, the Gemara cites another halakha. Rabbi Abba said: And on Shabbat one is obligated to break bread for the meal over two loaves. What is the reason? Because in the Torah portion that discusses gathering manna on Friday for Shabbat, the phrase: “Twice as much bread” (Exodus 16:22) is written. To commemorate this, Shabbat meals are based on two loaves of bread.
Halachot are Jewish Laws determined by "the rabbis".
For a fascinating read about the rabbis' attitudes about food, why two loaves, and which foods should not be eaten because they will give you bad breath, or even worse, intestinal troubles, go to the source above by clicking on the underlined heading, and read through for a while. You won't be disappointed. Add quotes that you find interesting or intriguing here:
I think that a blessing is a blessing when you actually mean it. If you are praying or saying a blessing and you really truly belive in it then I think that it is a blessing. I don't think that you have to say G-D when you bless, because I don't always belive in G-D. Therefore I think that you don't need to say G-D during a blessing.
Solomon agrees with Heidi in that a prayer doesn't have to be about G-d if it's a meaningful prayer
Toby agrees with Heidi, but only because she sometimes doesn't belive in G-d so it's a different case