Grace after Meals in a House of Mourning
What One Says When Feeding a Mourner
Say: [In] memory of a good man.
May the memory of a humble man be for a blessing.
May the memory of the righteous be for a blessing, and their souls [be] in paradise.
Their resting place beneath the tree of life.
May their souls be bound up in the bond of life.
Bless: He who brings forth bread from the earth.
He [then]…
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