May we have the wisdom to choose only those foods that enhance our precious energy and sustain us through our labors and our rest.
Singing as we ascend:
As the Holy One returns us to the Land of Promise we arrive as in a dream; our mouths filled with laughter and our tongues singing with joy. Then all the nations say that "The Holy One has done great things with them." Indeed, the Holy One has done great things for us and we rejoice. Pour us back into our land as the torrents course through the wadis of the Negev; Those who wept as they planted, now joyously reap! We may have gone on through vales of tears, carrying our seed from generation to generation; now we come in joy, our children in our arms.
Friends, the time to give thanks for this meal has come.
May the Source of all be praised through all time and space!
With your permission, friends, we praise the Source, from which we have eaten.
Praised is the Source from whom we have eaten; on whose goodness we live!
Blessed are You Adonai our God, Sovereign of all space and time, You feed the entire universe in Your goodness, grace, lovingkindness and mercy. From the Source comes bread for all flesh, because of unlimited lovingkindness. And in great goodness You never withdraw from us, nor will we lack food, now or forever. On account of the greatness of our understanding of You, because this is a judge who feeds and provides for all, and in goodness for all provides food for all the creatures that emerge from the Source. Blessed are You Adonai, who provides food for all.
And may You cause Jerusalem to be rebuilt, now, in our own time. Praised are you Source of all, the merciful builder of Jerusalem.
May the One who causes peace to prevail in the reaches beyond us, cause peace to prevail for us, for all Israel and for all the world; and to this we say: Let it be!
May the Source of all give endurance to this people, may the Source bless this people with Peace.
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