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n. The blessing after food, referring to the four blessing Grace After Meals said after consuming bread. Referred to in many communities as "bentching," or simply as "birkat" in some Jewish summer camps.
"We need to pass out bentchers so we can say Birkat Hamazon" [after dinner on Friday night].
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ברכת המזון
Birkas Hamazon, Birkas Hamazon
Sometimes shortened to just "Birkat" in liberal Jewish communities and camps as in, "Is your father leading the Birkat at your wedding?" This is not correct in Hebrew because the word birkat is used in the construct (smikhut) state only.
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