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brachah
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brachah [braˈxa], brocho
n
(Non-Christian Religions / Judaism) Judaism Hebrew terms usually translated as ``blessing'' See blessing [4]


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1) Justifications for such additions have been based on sensitivity to gender inclusiveness, as well as on historical precedents of liturgical flexibility, and on halakhic interpretations of the structure and requirements of the berakhah formula.
Perhaps it also brings with it recognition that, with Esau's marriage to a Hittite woman, only Jacob can be the bearer of the berakhah.
But, for example, Rav Henkin points out that the sheliah zibbur must say the berakhah "ga-al Yisrael" aloud "because the Sages established that the sheliah zibbur must pray aloud from [the berakhah] "Yozer" until the end of the Shemoneh Esrei "in order to fulfill the obligation of those who cannot [do so themselves].
 
 
 
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