Birkat Hamazon

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Birkat Hamazon is the traditional Jewish blessing recited after eating a bread-based meal, thanking God for sustenance and the Land of Israel.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Grace after meals
Jewish blessing
Jewish prayer
alsoKnownAs Birkas Hamazon
linked to: Birkat Hamazon

Birkat HaMazon
linked to: Birkat Hamazon

Grace After Meals
associatedWith Jerusalem
Land of Israel
linked to: Eretz HaKodesh

Temple in Jerusalem
linked to: Jewish Temple
basedOnScripture Deuteronomy 8:10
commandedIn Torah
containsAddition Al HaNissim
Harachaman supplications
Retzei
Ya’aleh VeYavo
expandedZimunWith Ten adult Jewish men (mentioning God’s name)
firstBlessingTheme Thanksgiving for sustenance
fourthBlessingTheme General goodness and kindness
halachicStatus Obligatory after eating a satiating amount of bread
hasVersion Ashkenazi rite
linked to: Nusach Ashkenaz

Italian rite
Nusach Ari
linked to: Nusach Sefard

Sephardi rite
Yemenite rite
includesPsalm Psalm 126
Shir HaMa’alot (in many customs)
includesSection Zimun (invitation to bless)
linked to: Birkat Hamazon
language Hebrew
liturgicalCategory Blessing over food
liturgicalFunction Concludes a formal Jewish meal with bread
liturgicalStructure Four main blessings
minimumQuantityTrigger Kezayit of bread
obligationType Biblical commandment
primaryTheme Praise of God
Thanksgiving for food
Thanksgiving for the Land of Israel
recitedAfter Bread meal
Meal with bread made from the five grains
recitedBy Men in Jewish law
Observant Jews
Women in Jewish law
recitedOnOccasion Brit Milah meals
Chanukah meals
Jewish festivals
Purim festive meal
linked to: Purim

Rosh Chodesh
Shabbat
Sheva Brachot meals
Weddings
religiousTradition Judaism
requiresZimunWith Three adult Jewish men eating together (in many traditions)
secondBlessingTheme Thanksgiving for the Land of Israel
thirdBlessingTheme Prayer for Jerusalem
linked to: Boneh Yerushalayim
traditionalMedium Bencher booklet

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Grace After Meals hasHebrewName Birkat Hamazon
Yaaleh VeYavo insertion in Amidah appearsAlsoIn Birkat HaMazon
linked to: Birkat Hamazon
Al HaNissim recitedDuring Birkat HaMazon
linked to: Birkat Hamazon
Birkat Hamazon alsoKnownAs Birkat HaMazon
linked to: Birkat Hamazon
Birkat Hamazon alsoKnownAs Birkas Hamazon
linked to: Birkat Hamazon
Birkat Hamazon includesSection Zimun (invitation to bless)
linked to: Birkat Hamazon
Deuteronomy 8:10 religiousLawBasisFor Birkat HaMazon
linked to: Birkat Hamazon
Deuteronomy 8:10 religiousLawBasisFor Jewish Grace After Meals
linked to: Birkat Hamazon
Boneh Yerushalayim partOf Birkat Hamazon
Boneh Yerushalayim follows Nodeh Lecha (Birkat HaAretz)
linked to: Birkat Hamazon
HaTov VeHaMeitiv partOf Birkat HaMazon
linked to: Birkat Hamazon