ברוך אתה/Barukh Atah Adonay…

This introduction to every traditional blessing may be the most familiar phrase in the Jewish lexicon. It rolls off the tongue of even non-observant Jews. So what does it mean? Let’s focus today just on the word barukh. We typically translate this as blessed or praised are You, Adonay. This constitutes a kind of joyous apostrophe: hooray! How wonderful is Hashem! That works, although there… Read more »