Birkat Hamazon
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Birkat Hamazon is the traditional Jewish blessing recited after eating a bread-based meal, thanking God for sustenance and the Land of Israel.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Birkat HaMazon | 5 |
| Birkat Hamazon canonical | 2 |
| Birkas Hamazon | 1 |
| Jewish Grace After Meals | 1 |
| Nodeh Lecha (Birkat HaAretz) | 1 |
| Zimun (invitation to bless) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3099280 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Birkat Hamazon Context triple: [Grace After Meals, hasHebrewName, Birkat Hamazon]
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A.
Kabbalat Shabbat
Kabbalat Shabbat is a Jewish prayer service, developed in the Safed mystic tradition, that ceremonially welcomes the arrival of the Sabbath on Friday evening through psalms, hymns, and liturgical poetry.
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B.
Havdalah ceremony
The Havdalah ceremony is a Jewish ritual performed at the close of Shabbat that marks the separation between the sacred day of rest and the ordinary weekdays, typically involving blessings over wine, spices, and a braided candle.
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C.
Avinu Malkeinu
Avinu Malkeinu is a central Jewish High Holy Day prayer, especially associated with Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, in which worshippers repeatedly address God as “Our Father, Our King” to seek mercy, forgiveness, and compassion.
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D.
Shacharit
Shacharit is the Jewish morning prayer service, featuring core elements such as the Shema and Amidah, recited daily and with special liturgical additions on festivals and fast days.
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E.
Amidah
Amidah is the central Jewish standing prayer, recited silently and aloud in daily services as a core element of traditional worship.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Birkat Hamazon Target entity description: Birkat Hamazon is the traditional Jewish blessing recited after eating a bread-based meal, thanking God for sustenance and the Land of Israel.
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A.
Kabbalat Shabbat
Kabbalat Shabbat is a Jewish prayer service, developed in the Safed mystic tradition, that ceremonially welcomes the arrival of the Sabbath on Friday evening through psalms, hymns, and liturgical poetry.
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B.
Havdalah ceremony
The Havdalah ceremony is a Jewish ritual performed at the close of Shabbat that marks the separation between the sacred day of rest and the ordinary weekdays, typically involving blessings over wine, spices, and a braided candle.
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C.
Avinu Malkeinu
Avinu Malkeinu is a central Jewish High Holy Day prayer, especially associated with Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, in which worshippers repeatedly address God as “Our Father, Our King” to seek mercy, forgiveness, and compassion.
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D.
Shacharit
Shacharit is the Jewish morning prayer service, featuring core elements such as the Shema and Amidah, recited daily and with special liturgical additions on festivals and fast days.
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E.
Amidah
Amidah is the central Jewish standing prayer, recited silently and aloud in daily services as a core element of traditional worship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Grace after meals
ⓘ
Jewish blessing ⓘ Jewish prayer ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Birkat Hamazon
ⓘ
surface form:
Birkas Hamazon
Birkat Hamazon ⓘ
surface form:
Birkat HaMazon
Grace After Meals ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Jerusalem
ⓘ
Eretz HaKodesh ⓘ
surface form:
Land of Israel
Jewish Temple ⓘ
surface form:
Temple in Jerusalem
|
| basedOnScripture | Deuteronomy 8:10 ⓘ |
| commandedIn | Torah ⓘ |
| containsAddition |
Al HaNissim
ⓘ
Harachaman supplications ⓘ Retzei ⓘ Ya’aleh VeYavo ⓘ |
| expandedZimunWith | Ten adult Jewish men (mentioning God’s name) ⓘ |
| firstBlessingTheme | Thanksgiving for sustenance ⓘ |
| fourthBlessingTheme | General goodness and kindness ⓘ |
| halachicStatus | Obligatory after eating a satiating amount of bread ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
Nusach Ashkenaz
ⓘ
surface form:
Ashkenazi rite
Italian rite ⓘ Nusach Sefard ⓘ
surface form:
Nusach Ari
Sephardi rite ⓘ Yemenite rite ⓘ |
| includesPsalm |
Psalm 126
ⓘ
Shir HaMa’alot (in many customs) ⓘ |
| includesSection |
Birkat Hamazon
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Zimun (invitation to bless)
|
| language | Hebrew ⓘ |
| liturgicalCategory | Blessing over food ⓘ |
| liturgicalFunction | Concludes a formal Jewish meal with bread ⓘ |
| liturgicalStructure | Four main blessings ⓘ |
| minimumQuantityTrigger | Kezayit of bread ⓘ |
| obligationType | Biblical commandment ⓘ |
| primaryTheme |
Praise of God
ⓘ
Thanksgiving for food ⓘ Thanksgiving for the Land of Israel ⓘ |
| recitedAfter |
Bread meal
ⓘ
Meal with bread made from the five grains ⓘ |
| recitedBy |
Men in Jewish law
ⓘ
Observant Jews ⓘ Women in Jewish law ⓘ |
| recitedOnOccasion |
Brit Milah meals
ⓘ
Chanukah meals ⓘ Jewish festivals ⓘ Purim ⓘ
surface form:
Purim festive meal
Rosh Chodesh ⓘ Shabbat ⓘ Sheva Brachot meals ⓘ Weddings ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| requiresZimunWith | Three adult Jewish men eating together (in many traditions) ⓘ |
| secondBlessingTheme | Thanksgiving for the Land of Israel ⓘ |
| thirdBlessingTheme |
Boneh Yerushalayim
ⓘ
surface form:
Prayer for Jerusalem
|
| traditionalMedium | Bencher booklet ⓘ |
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Subject: Birkat Hamazon Description of subject: Birkat Hamazon is the traditional Jewish blessing recited after eating a bread-based meal, thanking God for sustenance and the Land of Israel.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Birkat HaMazon
this entity surface form:
Birkat HaMazon
this entity surface form:
Birkat HaMazon
this entity surface form:
Birkas Hamazon
this entity surface form:
Zimun (invitation to bless)
this entity surface form:
Birkat HaMazon
this entity surface form:
Jewish Grace After Meals
this entity surface form:
Nodeh Lecha (Birkat HaAretz)
this entity surface form:
Birkat HaMazon