S&P Birkon

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.

For the Android app tap here

For the iOS app tap here

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 2024 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

London Sephardi Minhag

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.

London Sephardi Music

The beautiful musical tradition of the kahal is the subject of a sister website to this one, which includes many MP3 recordings.

Jewish Table Singing

Texts, analysis and recordings of a wide range of beautiful but mostly lesser known Jewish Pizmonim (table songs), both Sephardi and Ashkenazi.

A Finial Word

My occasional blog on subjects of Jewish, and particularly Western Sephardi interest.