May 18, 2006

• B"H

  
  

  The Blessing Over Bread

  
  

  
  

  Baruch Atah Adonai, Elohaynu Melech HaOlam

  
  

  HaMotzi Lekhem Min HaAretz.   Ahmayn

  
  

   

  
  

  Blessed are You O LORD, Our GOD King of the Universe, Who brings forth bread from the earth.

  
  

  AMEN

  
  

   

  
  

  Several years ago I was at a Bible conference where Zola Levitt was the main speaker. He is Jewish believer who had a very robust ministry for several decades. Sadly, he was promoted to glory last month after a brief battle with lung cancer. Zola wrote many books on the topic of Jewish evangelism and the Hebrew roots of the Christian faith. During this conference where I heard him speak I have always remembered his interpretation of the standard Jewish blessing said before most meals.

  
  

  The HaMotzi is the name given to this prayer. Technically it is said over bread, but since most meals have bread as a part it has become the most common Jewish prayer before eating. Zola made a point of referring to the fact that Yeshua (Jesus) said that He was the Living Bread that came down from Heaven (Jn 6:51). This was spoken in contrast to the manna which was eaten in the wilderness. Indeed the manna was the provision of GOD, but it only sustained life in the present. Those who ate it lived and then died. Jesus, as the Living Bread, gives life both now and in the future. Those who eat of this bread shall never die. Zola stated quite profoundly that at nearly every meal, Jews all over the world were giving witness to The Resurrection as they prayed before eating.

  
  

  
  

  Blessed are You O LORD ..... Who brings forth bread from the earth.     AMEN.

  
  

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  Shlomo

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