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Grace before Meals
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Prayer consisting of one or more benedictions recited before a meal or before the separate courses of a meal. The rabbis instituted separate blessings for various species of food. The blessing for bread (“Who brings forth bread from the earth”) is based on Psalm 104.14; when recited at the beginning of the meal, it exempts one from the obligation to recite additional blessings for other courses. ... log in or subscribe to read full text
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