Derasha 584 — Mishpatim 23:25

וַעֲבַדְתֶּ֗ם אֵ֚ת יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם וּבֵרַ֥ךְ אֶֽת־לַחְמְךָ֖ וְאֶת־מֵימֶ֑יךָ וַהֲסִרֹתִ֥י מַחֲלָ֖ה מִקִּרְבֶּֽךָ׃ {ס}

Core Text — Berachos 48b

תַּנְיָא: מִנַּיִן לְמָזוֹן שֶׁטָּעוּן בְּרָכָה לְפָנָיו? רַבִּי יִצְחָק אוֹמֵר: הֲרֵי הוּא אוֹמֵר, ״וּבֵרַךְ אֶת לַחְמְךָ״. אַל תִּקְרֵי ״וּבֵרַךְ״ אֶלָּא ״וָבָרֵךְ״. וְאֵימָתַי קָרוּי לוֹ לַחְמְךָ? קֹדֶם שֶׁתֹּאכְלֶנּוּ.

English: It was taught: From where is it derived that food requires a blessing before it is eaten? Rabbi Yitzchak says: It says, “And He will bless your bread.” Do not read it as “u'veirach” but as “u'vareich,” an instruction to bless. And when is it called “your bread”? Before you eat it.

Derasha 584 on Mishpatim 23:25

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