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A free birkat hamazon app for Android and iOS
This free Birkon follows the custom of the Spanish and Portuguese (Sephardi) Jews' Congregation of London, and includes:
Birkat Hamazon (Grace after meals)
Beracha Me'ein Shalosh (Blessing after wine, pastries etc.)
Sheva Berachot (Blessings for wedding celebrations)
Tefillat Haderech (Traveller's prayer)
It also includes a short, rhyming version of Birkat Hamazon from the Seventeenth Century Amsterdam prayer book "Meah Berachot", and the Spanish table song "Bendigamos".
Features:
Fast loading
Clear Hebrew text (Hebrew fonts not needed)
Optional sections open with a single click
S&P Birkon is the work of Jonathan Cohen, former Visiting Rabbi of Bevis Marks Synagogue, London, who now lives in Israel.
In memoriam
In memoriam
S&P Birkon is dedicated to the memory of my dear parents:
David Haskell Cohen (1925-2012)
and
Miriam Cohen (1928-2020)
ת . נ . צ . ב . ה .
iOS downloads in 2025 are dedicated to the memory of my teacher, mentor and cherished friend:
Rabbi Dr Abraham Levy OBE (1939-2022)
Spiritual Head of the Sephardim in the UK,
who enjoyed using this app, and the fact that it was created by a former pupil of his.
ת . נ . צ . ב . ה .
Companion sites
Companion sites
My website dealing with the customs of the Spanish and Portuguese Jewish communities in general, but with particular reference to the London community in which I grew up.
The beautiful musical tradition of the kahal is the subject of a sister website to this one, which includes many MP3 recordings.
Texts, analysis and recordings of a wide range of beautiful but mostly lesser known Jewish Pizmonim (table songs), both Sephardi and Ashkenazi.
My occasional blog on subjects of Jewish, and particularly Western Sephardi interest.
© Copyright 2013, 2024, Jonathan Cohen
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