Grace after Meals according to a Cairo Geniza Fragment

With the mercy of Heaven.

Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the universe, who in goodness feeds the entire world, with kindness, and with mercy. He gives food to all living beings for His lovingkindness with us is forever, and His great goodness we have never lacked, and may He never let us lack, our King, food from now and forever, for the…

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This Grace after Meals from the Cairo Geniza probably has roots in the eastern Mediterranean, perhaps in Palestine or Syria, and was likely copied in the twelfth century. It contains many uncommon variations, which may have been inserted by the scribe or were representative of a larger communal tradition, or both. This version blends features of many known rites.

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