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Blessing at the beginning of the Wedding

Sheva B'rachot

Transliteration and Translation

The first blessing (not considered a part of the 7) is for blessing HaShem for the wine and betrothal

Baruch atah HaShem, Elo_eynu Melech ha-olam, boRey p'ri haa-gafen

Blessed are You, HaShem, our G-d and King of the Universe,  Who creates the fruit of the vine.

Baruch atah HaShem Elo_eynu Melech ha-olam, asher kid’shanu b'mitzvotav vitzivanu al ha-arayot, v'atar lanu et ha'arusot, v'hi'tir lanu et hansuot-lanu
al y'dey chuppah v'kiddushin.
Baruch atah HaShem Elo_eynu m'kadeysh amo Yisra'el, al-y'dey chuppah v'kiddushin

Blessed are You HaShem our God, King of the Universe, who has set us apart through commandments and has commanded us regarding forbidden unions; Who forbade betrothed women to us, and permitted women who are married to us through canopy and consecration. Blessed are You HaShem, Who sets apart His people Israel through canopy and consecration.

Sheva B'rachot

  1. Baruch atah HaShem, Elo_eynu Melech ha-olam, boRey p'ri haa-gafen

Blessed are You, HaShem, our G-d and King of the Universe,  Who creates the fruit of the vine.

  1. Baruch atah HaShem, Elo_eynu Melech ha-olam, she-ha-kol bara lich-vodo.

Blessed are You, HaShem, our G-d and King of the Universe, Who has created everything for His glory.

  1. Baruch atah HaShem, Elo_eynu Melech ha-olam, yotzer ha-ad-am.

Blessed are You, HaShem, our G-d and King of the Universe, Who fashioned the man.

  1. Baruch atah HaShem, Elo_eynu Melech ha-olam,  asher yatzar et ha-aDAM b’tzalmo,  b’tZELem demut tavnito, v’hitkin lo mimenu binyan adey ad.
    Baruch atah HaShem, yotzer ha-adam.

Blessed are You, HaShem, our G-d and King of the Universe, Who fashioned the man in His image, in the image of His likeness and prepared for him – from Himself – a building for eternity. Blessed are You, HaShem, Who fashioned the man.

  1. Sos tasis v’tagel ha-akara, b’kibutz baneha l’tochah b’simcha.
    Baruch atah, HaShem, m’sameyach Tziyon b’vanehah

Bring intense joy and exultation to the barren one through the ingathering of her children amidst her in gladness. Blessed are You, HaShem, Who gladdens Zion through her children.

  1. Sameyach t'samach rey-im ha-ahuvim, k’samey-cha-cha yetzir-cha b’Gan Eyden mi-kedem.
    Baruch atah,  HaShem, m’sameyach chatan v’chalah.

Gladden the beloved companions as You gladdened Your creature in the Garden of Eden from aforetime. Blessed are You, HaShem, Who gladdens groom and bride.

  1. Baruch atah HaShem, Elo_eynu Melech ha-olam,
    asher bara sason v’simcha, cha-a-tan v’chalah,
    asher bara sason v’simcha, chatan v’chalah,
    gila, rina, ditza v’chedvah, ahava v’achava, v’shalom v’rey-ut.
    gila, rina, ditza v’chedvah, ahava v’achava, v’shalom v’rey-ut.
    M’hera, HaShem Elo_eynu yi-shama b’arey-Yehuda u-v’chutzot Yerushalayim,
    kol sason v’kol simcha, kol chatan v’kol kala,
    kol sason v’kol simcha, kol chatan v’kol kala.
    Ko-l mitz-halot chatanim mey-chupatam, u-n'arim mi-mishtey neginatam.
    Baruch atah, HaShem, m’sameyach chatan im ha-kala.

Blessed are You, HaShem, our G-d and King of the Universe, Who created joy and gladness, groom and bride, mirth, glad song, pleasure, delight, love, brotherhood, peace, and companionship. HaShem, our G-d, let there soon be heard in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sound of joy and the sound of gladness, the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the grooms’ jubilance from their canopies and of youths from their song-filled feasts. Blessed are you, Who gladdens the groom with the bride.