{"id":5379,"date":"2018-01-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/2018\/01\/10\/rabbi-shefa-gold-chants-the-ben-ish-chais-shortened-birkat-hamazon"},"modified":"2018-10-22T13:30:52","modified_gmt":"2018-10-22T10:30:52","slug":"rabbi-shefa-gold-chants-the-ben-ish-chais-shortened-birkat-hamazon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/2018\/01\/10\/rabbi-shefa-gold-chants-the-ben-ish-chais-shortened-birkat-hamazon\/","title":{"rendered":"Rabbi Shefa Gold Chants the Ben Ish Chai&#8217;s Shortened Birkat Hamazon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ritualwell.org\/ritual\/grace-after-meals-meditation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post<\/a>\u00a0presents<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rabbishefagold.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0Rabbi Shefa Gold&#8217;s<\/a>\u00a0meditative Aramaic and English chant based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yosef_Hayyim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ben Ish Chai&#8217;s <\/a>one-line version of the Grace After Meals. The Ben Ish Chai (Rabbi Yosef Hayim, 1835-1909), was a leading Sephardic rabbi and Kabbalist who lived in Baghdad. He ruled that in extreme cases when someone is very short on time or does not know how to read Hebrew, this one line blessing in Aramaic, based on a verse in the Talmud (Brachot 40b), can be recited instead of the lengthy Grace After Meals. Rabbi Shefa Gold is a Renewal and Reconstuctionist Rabbi who teaches chanting, devotional healing, spiritual community-building and meditation.\u00a0This resource was shared on<a href=\"https:\/\/ritualwell.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0Ritualwell<\/a>, a project of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College that provides a platform for creating new Jewish practices and observances.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5379-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2018\/10\/Shefa-Gold.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2018\/10\/Shefa-Gold.mp3\">https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2018\/10\/Shefa-Gold.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\ufb31\u05b0\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05da \u05e8\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05de\u05b8\u05e0\u05b8\u05d0 \u05de\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\ufb3b<span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u05b8\u05d0<\/span>\u00a0\u05d3\u05b0\u05e2\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\u05de\u05b8<span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u05d0<\/span>\u00a0\u05de\u05b8\u05e8\u05b5\u05d9\ufb34 \u05d3\u05b0\u05d4\u05b7\u05d0\u05d9 \ufb44\u05b4\u05d9\ufb4a\u05b8\u05d0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>B\u2019rikh rakhamana, malka de&#8217;alma\u00a0marey d\u2019hai pita<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You are the source of life for all that is, and your blessing flows through me.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post\u00a0presents\u00a0Rabbi Shefa Gold&#8217;s\u00a0meditative Aramaic and English chant based on the Ben Ish Chai&#8217;s one-line version of the Grace After Meals. The Ben Ish Chai (Rabbi Yosef Hayim, 1835-1909), was a leading Sephardic rabbi and Kabbalist who lived in Baghdad. 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