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pp. 172-173
Blessing After a Meal

Invitation


Chabad: ' is a reduced vowel — every vocal shva, always pronounced. - separates syllables that would otherwise run together.

How to read the transliterations
On all days, continue:
Hebrew
אֲבָרְכָה אֶת יְהֹוָה בְּכָל עֵת, תָּמִיד
תְּהִלָּתוֹ בְּפִי: סוֹף דָּבָר
הַכֹּל נִשְׁמָע, אֶת הָאֱלֹהִים יְרָא
וְאֶת מִצְוֹתָיו שְׁמוֹר כִּי זֶה כָּל
הָאָדָם: תְּהִלַּת יְהֹוָה יְדַבֵּר פִּי וִיבָרֵךְ
כָּל בָּשָׂר שֵׁם קָדְשׁוֹ לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד:
וַאֲנַחְנוּ נְבָרֵךְ יָהּ מֵעַתָּה וְעַד
עוֹלָם הַלְלוּיָהּ:
Chabad
avor'choh es Adonoy b'chol eis, tomid
t'hilosoy b'fi: soyf dovor
hakoyl nishmo, es ho-eloyhim y'ro
v'es mitzvoysov sh'moyr ki zeh kol
ho-odom: t'hilas Adonoy y'dabeir pi vivoreich
kol bosor sheim kodshoy l'oylom vo-ed:
va-anachnu n'voreich Yoh mei-atoh v'ad
oylom hal'luyoh:
Hebrew
זֶה חֵלֶק אָדָם רָשָׁע מֵאֱלֹהִים
וְנַחֲלַת אִמְרוֹ מֵאֵל:
Chabad
zeh cheilek Odom rosho mei-eloyhim
v'nachalas imroy mei-eil:
Rinse your fingertips and pass them over your lips, and say:1
Hebrew
וַיְדַבֵּר אֵלַי זֶה הַשֻּׁלְחָן אֲשֶׁר
לִפְנֵי יְהֹוָה:
Chabad
vay'dabeir eilai zeh hashulchon asher
lifnei Adonoy:

Invitation

When three or more men eat a meal together, one of them makes a "mezuman"—an invitation for others to say the Blessing After a Meal with him.
When ten or more men eat together, the word אֱלֹהֵינוּ is added as shown.
At a wedding or Sheva Berachot, the words שֶׁהַשִּׂמְחָה בִּמְעוֹנוֹ are added as shown.
The Blessing After a Meal may be said over a cup of wine. The leader holds the cup from the beginning of the invitation until after בּוֹנֵה בְרַחֲמָיו יְרוּשָׁלַיִם אָמֵן, page 179.

Inviting those present to say the blessings

Leader
Hebrew
רַבּוֹתַי מִיר
וועלין בֶּעֶנְטְשִׁין:
Chabad
raboysai mir
וועלין be-ent'shin:
Others
Hebrew
יְהִי שֵׁם יְהֹוָה מְבֹרָךְ
מֵעַתָּה וְעַד עוֹלָם:
Chabad
y'hi sheim Adonoy m'voyroch
mei-atoh v'ad oylom:
Leader
Hebrew
יְהִי שֵׁם יְהֹוָה מְבֹרָךְ מֵעַתָּה
וְעַד עוֹלָם: בִּרְשׁוּת
מָרָנָן וְרַבָּנָן וְרַבּוֹתַי
נְבָרֵךְ (אֱלֹהֵינוּ) (שֶׁהַשִּׂמְחָה
בִּמְעוֹנוֹ) שֶׁאָכַלְנוּ מִשֶּׁלּוֹ:
Chabad
y'hi sheim Adonoy m'voyroch mei-atoh
v'ad oylom: birshus
moronon v'rabonon v'raboysai
n'voreich (Eloyheinu) (shehasimchoh
bimoynoy) she-ochalnu misheloy:
Others who have eaten respond followed by the leader
Hebrew
בָּרוּךְ (אֱלֹהֵינוּ) (שֶׁהַשִּׂמְחָה
בִּמְעוֹנוֹ) שֶׁאָכַלְנוּ מִשֶּׁלּוֹ
וּבְטוּבוֹ חָיִינוּ:
Chabad
boruch (Eloyheinu) (shehasimchoh
bimoynoy) she-ochalnu misheloy
uv'tuvoy choyinu:
others who have not eaten
Hebrew
בָּרוּךְ (אֱלֹהֵינוּ) (שֶׁהַשִּׂמְחָה
בִּמְעוֹנוֹ) וּמְבֹרָךְ שְׁמוֹ
תָּמִיד לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד:
Chabad
boruch (Eloyheinu) (shehasimchoh
bimoynoy) um'voyroch sh'moy
tomid l'oylom vo-ed: