This blessing of thanksgiving is said after completing a meal.
Birkat Hamazon, known in English as Grace After Meals, is a series of blessings traditionally recited after one has eaten a meal. The blessings thank God for sustaining and feeding the world.
In this video, Sarah Wolf demonstrates how to recite Birkat Hamazon.
Tisha B'Av, the saddest day on the Jewish calendar, is testament to the failure of prayer to avert national catastrophe.
The pursuit of proper kavanah, the Hebrew term for directed attention, has long concerned Jewish thinkers.
Why does the holiest day of the Jewish year begin with a dry legal formula renouncing vows?