Wine

 

Kiddush is the blessing we say over the wine at our Shabbat meal. Wine traditionally is a drink that gets better with age, much like ourselves, our family and our lives. A nice alternative for those who don't drink wine is grape juice. Traditionally the blessing is said over a kiddush cup with no less than 3.3 ounces of liquid.


Vay'hi erev vay'hi voker yom hashishi
And there was evening and there was morning, a sixth day


vay'khulu hashamayim v'ha'aretz v'khol tz'va'am
The heavens and the earth were finished, the whole host of them


vay'khal elohim bayom hash'vi'i m'la'kh'to asher asah
And on the seventh day God completed his work that he had done


vayish'bot bayom hash'vi'i mikol m'la'kh'to asher asah
and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done


Vay'varekh Elohim et yom hash'vi'i vay'kadeish oto
And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it


ki vo shavat mikol m'la'kh'to asher bara Elohim la'asot
because in it he had rested from all his work that God had created to do


Barukh atah Adonai, Eloheinu, melekh ha-olam
Blessed are you, Lord, our God, sovereign of the universe


borei p'ri hagafen (Amein)
Who creates the fruit of the vine (Amen)


Barukh atah Adonai, Eloheinu, melekh ha-olam
Blessed are You, Lord, our God, King of the Universe


asher kid'shanu b'mitz'votav v'ratzah vanu
who sanctifies us with his commandments, and has been pleased with us


v'shabat kad'sho b'ahavah uv'ratzon hin'chilanu zikaron l'ma'aseih v'rei'shit
You have lovingly and willingly given us Your holy Shabbat as an inheritance, in memory of creation


ki hu yom t'chilah l'mik'ra'ei kodesh zeikher litzi'at Mitz'rayim
because it is the first day of our holy assemblies, in memory of the exodus from Egypt


ki vanu vachar'ta v'otanu kidash'ta mikol ha'amim
because You have chosen us and made us holy from all peoples


v'shabat kad'sh'kha b'ahavah uv'ratzon hin'chal'tanu
and have willingly and lovingly given us Your holy Shabbat for an inheritance


Barukh atah Adonai m'kadeish hashabat (Amein).
Blessed are You, who sanctifies Shabbat (Amen)