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The Shehecheyanu Blessing – Drinking the First Cup

Leader: Now that we have sanctified the first cup, we thank God for this special time:

All Recite:

Barukh attah Adonai, Eloheinu melekh ha’olam,
she-hecheyanu ve’ki-yemanu ve’higianu lazman hazeh

“Blessed art thou, Lord our God, Master of the universe,
who has kept us alive and sustained us and has brought us to this special time.”

This first cup represents how God chose us to be His own treasured people: “I am the
LORD, and I will free you from the burdens of the land of Egypt.” Let us drink this first
cup while leaning or reclining to the left.

Blessing the Children

On the eve of holy days it is customary for parents to place
a hand on the head of each child and pronounce the following blessing:

For sons say: It is our custom to
spread out a tallit
like a canopy and
have everyone
present gather
ye’simkha Elohim ke’Efrayim ve’khi-Menashe
underneath as we
(May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh) sing the Shema,
recite the
Ve’ahavta, and
For daughters say: then recite the
“priestly blessing”
together…

We then gather to
ye’simekh Elohim ke’Sarah, Rivka, Rachel, ve’leah hear the sound of
the shofar and offer
(May God make you like Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah) up praise to God.

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