Yeshua Explored
September 2021
Blessings
What are blessings?
We live in an age of short attention spans. This is why Twitter reigns supreme as a major means of communication and why the younger generation work on the principle that an emoji speaks a dozen words (or so). God is not surprised by these developments and, over the years has prompted the Jews to create a compendium of over one hundred blessings, berakhot, that can be spoken to God throughout the day. These are short prayers, of a fixed format, that cover a whole range of everyday situations. These berakhot are a constant reminder to us of Who we need to bless and acknowledge, first and foremost. When they are a part of our everyday routine, then they function to include God in every situation we find ourselves in. When I say “every”, the following examples will illustrate:
