HALLAH BLESSIN C G THE Please see page 27 to learn all about this mitzvah and how it should be practiced.
Recite this blessing with deep intention. This is your moment to reconnect. Visualize your soul, your neshamah, infinite and eternal, reconnecting to its Source, the Infinite and Transcendent light of Hashem, wherein all is possible and all blessings and goodness already exist. Draw the blessings down from this space of everything into your dough and into all of your life.
ּ ָבר ּוךְ ַא ּ ָתה יי אֱ ־לֹהֵ ינ ּו מֶ לֶ ךְ הָ ע ֹולָ ם ֲא ׁ ֶשר ִק ְ ּד ׁ ָשנ ּו ְּב ִמצְ ֹו ָתיו וְ צִ ָ ּונ ּו ְלהַ פְ ִר יש ַח ָּלה .()מן הָ ִעסָ ה ִ Ba-ruch A-tah A-do-nai Elo-heinu Me-lech ha-o-lam a-sher kid-sha-nu b'mitz-vo-tav v'tzi-va-nu l'haf-rish challah (some add: min ha-i-sah).
You, Ado-nai, the Source of all blessings, our G-d, Master of the universe, has made us holy with His mitzvot and instructed us to separate challah (some add: from the dough). Then, remove a small piece—approximately one ounce—from the dough. Immediately after separating it, hold the piece of dough aloft and say:
.ֲה ֵרי זוּ ַחָּלה Ha-rei zu challah.
Behold, this is Challah. Now, burn the dough or dispose of it appropriately. See page 27 for detailed instructions.
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