ENCOUNTERING OURSELVES In this section we examine our personal life, physical and spiritual, our gifts and our responsibilities.
THE GIFT OF OUR BODY f 332 KEx ¨A Blessed are You, our Living God, Sovereign of the universe, who formed human beings in wisdom, creating within them openings and vessels. It is revealed and known before the throne of Your glory that if one of them is opened or one of them closed it would be impossible to remain alive and stand before You. Blessed are You God, who heals all flesh and performs such wonders.
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KEx ¨A Baruch attah Adonai eloheinu melech ha–olam, asher yatsar et ha–adam b’chochmah, uvara vo n’kavim n’kavim, chalulim chalulim. Galui v’yadu’a lifnei chissei ch’vodecha she’im yippatei’ach echad meihem, o yissateim echad meihem, i efshar l’hitkayyeim v’la’amod l’fanecha. Baruch attah Adonai, rofei chol basar, umafli la’asot.
turn the whole world into invalids! Samuel said ‘Who performs such wonders’. As a compromise both phrases were used. So in times of good health this blessing is a reminder to take care of our body and be grateful for how it works. It times of illness it may give us courage to seek healing and to pray, but also to accept God’s will for circumstances that cannot be changed.
d ¨n §kÇlg §A m ¨c ¨`¨d z ¤` x ©v¨i x ¤W£` Who formed human beings in wisdom ... The first of the morning blessings focuses our attention on our physical body and its needs. We thank God for the complexity of our body and the astonishing way in which it functions. The Talmud ( Berachot 60b) debates how the blessing should end. Rav said ‘Who heals the sick’, but this would
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