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  • But I suspect that he felt abandoned by his pals of the early triumvirate: Rosales and Borges caved in supported? the Sumate bid and he was let alone “guindando de la brocha”.

    Teodoro Petkoff against Sumate 2006

  • But I suspect that he felt abandoned by his pals of the early triumvirate: Rosales and Borges caved in supported? the Sumate bid and he was let alone “guindando de la brocha”.

    07/02/2006 - 07/09/2006 2006

  • "He knows his _brocha_ yet, he is still a good Jew!" was the mental comment of the congregation.

    Rabbi and Priest A Story Milton Goldsmith

  • I was always in the habit of taking a short cut on my way home, across the 'gurt na brocha,' the priest's meadows, as they call them, it saved nearly half a mile, although, on the present occasion, it exposed one wofully to the rain, for there was nothing to shelter against the entire way, not even a tree.

    The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer — Complete Charles James Lever 1839

  • I was always in the habit of taking a short cut on my way home, across the 'gurt na brocha,' the priest's meadows, as they call them, it saved nearly half a mile, although, on the present occasion, it exposed one wofully to the rain, for there was nothing to shelter against the entire way, not even a tree.

    The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer — Volume 2 Charles James Lever 1839

  • Birchas Hachama - A Simple Explanation The Amorah (Talmudic scholar), Abaye, said that every time that "Tekufas Nissan" (the beginning of spring, as calculated by Chazal) occurs at 6: 00 p.m. on Tuesday evening (when the halachic day of Wednesday begins) one should go outside the next morning and recite the brocha, "Osei maaseh braishis."

    Aish Weekly Articles 2009

  • * I will walk out of my shul if / when they make the customary brocha for the president of the USA.

    Israelated - English Israel blogs Chumi 2008

  • I've said or heard a _brocha_ (blessing), "he said," but I'll go through it without any book, thank you. "

    The New Land Stories of Jews Who Had a Part in the Making of Our Country Elma Ehrlich Levinger

  • I am really curious) "Every once in a while while I am talking on the PHONE ... someone on the other side happens to make a brocha ... and I automatically answer" amen "... even though

    Vos Iz Neias - (Yiddish:What's News?) 2009

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