Birkat Hamazon

Birkat Hamazon (Hebrew: בִּרְכַּת הַמָּזוׂן‎, The Blessing of the Food), known in English as the Grace After Meals (Yiddish: בֶּענְטְשֶׁן‎‎; translit. bentschen or "to bless", Yinglish: Bentsching), is a set of Hebrew blessings that Jewish Halakha ("collective body of Jewish religious laws") prescribes following a meal that includes at least a kezayit (olive sized) piece of bread. It is a Biblical Commandment (mitzvah de'oraita (Aramaic: דְּאוׂרַיְיתָא‎), that is written in the Torah (Deuteronomy 8:10).

Birkat Hamazon

Birkat Hamazon (Hebrew: בִּרְכַּת הַמָּזוׂן‎, The Blessing of the Food), known in English as the Grace After Meals (Yiddish: בֶּענְטְשֶׁן‎‎; translit. bentschen or "to bless", Yinglish: Bentsching), is a set of Hebrew blessings that Jewish Halakha ("collective body of Jewish religious laws") prescribes following a meal that includes at least a kezayit (olive sized) piece of bread. It is a Biblical Commandment (mitzvah de'oraita (Aramaic: דְּאוׂרַיְיתָא‎), that is written in the Torah (Deuteronomy 8:10).