Rachel Buckman’s fourth-grade Chumash classes came up with the idea for the free app, which helps find the appropriate blessing for a number of different foods. Students generated a list of 150 foods and the school’s Technology Department learned how to program the app. Founded in 1953, Greenfield Hebrew Academy Atlanta, Georgia, were the first Jewish day [...]
Rabbi Nachunya ben Hakana would utter a prayer before he began to study Torah: May it be Your will that I do not err in my studies, and my friends rejoice in me. And may my friends not err in their studies, and I rejoice in them. The intent of his prayer was, “May my [...]
After eating grapes, dates, pomegranates, olives and figs one says the “short 1-in-3 Birkat HaMazon” (often referred to as “Al HaMichya“) with the עַל הָעֵץ ועַל פּרִי הָעֵץ – “on the trees and the fruit of the trees” option. If one ate grapes and mistakenly used the עַל הַגֶּפֶן ועַל פְּרִי הַגֶּפֶן – “on the [...]
The correct Bracha before eating grapes is בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הָעֵץ – “who creates the fruit of the tree”. The correct Bracha before drinking wine is בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הַגֶּפֶן – “who creates the fruit of the vine”. If one mistakenly says בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הַגֶּפֶן on grapes, one can eat the grapes without making another Bracha, since [...]
Once, a pious Jewish man was praying by the side of the road. A non-Jewish royal minister passed and greeted the man. However, the man, who was immersed in prayer, did not respond to the minister. The minister waited for him to complete his prayer and then proclaimed, “You fool! Doesn’t it say in your [...]
Special version of the popular Siddur for iPhone designed in HD for the iPad. Take your weekday siddur with you with this feature-packed Jewish prayer book. You’ll get Ashkenaz, Sfrard, Sefarad Mizrachi and Nusach Ari (Chabad*) versions of davening, including weekday Shacharis, Mincha, Maariv, standard Brachos and more. Real time Zmanim will give you the [...]
Special version of the popular Siddur for iPhone now designed in HD for the iPad will be released soon as we can read at the Rustybrick’s website. “Take your weekday siddur with you with this feature-packed Jewish prayer book. You’ll get Ashkenaz, Sefard, Sefarad Mizrachi and Nusach Ari (Chabad) versions of davening, including weekday Shacharis, Mincha, Maariv, standard [...]
Food for the soul! Jewish Blessings on food (Berachot \ Berachos). Judaism teaches that food ultimately belongs to the one great Provider, God, and that to partake of it legitimately one must express gratitude to God by reciting the appropriate blessing beforehand. There are 6 types of blessings said before eating different foods: Ha-Motzi, Mezonot, Ha-gefen, Ha-etz, Ha-’adama, [...]
KosherMe – Jewish Prayer 101 - All Prayers and Blessings come in Nusach Ashkenaz, Nusach Edot HazMirach and Nusach Sefardi. KosherMe is the perfect app for you, if you:. are getting started with saying your Blessings (Bensching), know the basics, but need help with the longer Blessings and Prayers (e.g. Amida, Birkat Hamazon or Bedtime Shma), [...]
Develiper’s notes: Blessings often come in disguise. This one comes in your iPhone. It’s no longer hard to remember all the different blessings there are to say before eating or drinking different kosher foods. No more fumbling for the prayer book or messy cards! Press a button and “Say-a-Blessing!” Full audio: Press a food type on the placemat [...]
