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  • Soldiers from all the other yeshivas are received with a blessing [an apparent pun on the word bracha, or blessing, which is part of the name of Har Bracha - ed.].

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

  • Kantor steps in quickly, says the bracha in Hebrew -- Blessed are you, O God, Lord of the Universe, Who has commanded us regarding the mitzvah of ritual slaughter -- and makes a quick back-and-forth cut across the goat's neck.

    Sue Fishkoff: The New Jewish Food Movement: Jews Who Meet What They Eat Sue Fishkoff 2010

  • Kantor steps in quickly, says the bracha in Hebrew -- Blessed are you, O God, Lord of the Universe, Who has commanded us regarding the mitzvah of ritual slaughter -- and makes a quick back-and-forth cut across the goat's neck.

    Sue Fishkoff: The New Jewish Food Movement: Jews Who Meet What They Eat Sue Fishkoff 2010

  • Kantor steps in quickly, says the bracha in Hebrew -- Blessed are you, O God, Lord of the Universe, Who has commanded us regarding the mitzvah of ritual slaughter -- and makes a quick back-and-forth cut across the goat's neck.

    Sue Fishkoff: The New Jewish Food Movement: Jews Who Meet What They Eat Sue Fishkoff 2010

  • Bottom line: we should say full Hallel with a bracha [a formal blessing at the beginning of the liturgy] today, but not lose sight today or any other day of the fact that the long term goal is not military prowess or victory as its own end, but peace.

    The Maddening Israel I Love and Admire 2010

  • At the point when separation is indicated, the bracha is below is recited.

    RECIPES FROM GINNY BATES Maggie Jochild 2007

  • Sits in a little sort of alcove, at least at the Astor Street slaughterhouse he did, takes the head of the animal, says a bracha—a blessing—and he cuts the neck.

    Amateur Barbarians 2009

  • Sits in a little sort of alcove, at least at the Astor Street slaughterhouse he did, takes the head of the animal, says a bracha—a blessing—and he cuts the neck.

    Archive 2009-08-01 2009

  • She usually called in the children to say the bracha with her for separation.

    RECIPES FROM GINNY BATES Maggie Jochild 2007

  • When David stood up again, kissing Ginny's forehead, Sima said bracha over the non-alcoholic wine on the dining table and began pouring it into small wineglasses.

    MORE FROM GINNY BATES: LESBIANS HAVING BABIES Maggie Jochild 2007

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