Prayer

Blessing over Grains

Birkhot hanehenin:  Blessings recited prior to eating, drinking, or smelling.

Before eating food (other than bread) made from the flour of the five grains, wheat, barley, spelt, oats, or rye--including cake, cereal, and cookies--recite the following blessing:

 

 

Barukh ata adonai

Blessed are You, Lord

 

Eloheinu melekh ha'olam

Our God, Ruler of the universe

 

Borei minei m'zonot.

Who creates varieties of nourishment.

 

 

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