Ceremonial Materials

Last minute (and day late) celebrations
So, it is now the day before, or the day after, Birkat Hahammah, and you are casting about for that perfect, easy way to mark the moment. Here it is

Birkat HaHammah Services
• Koah Ha-Berakhah: A Guide to Birkat Ha-Hammah, by Rabbi Joseph H. Prouser and Gary H. Kitmacher

• A complete Birkat HaHammah service Hebrew, English and transliteration. Traditional and alternative texts included. Created by Rabbi Marcia Prager

• A Birkat HaHammah Service, written by Rabbi Everett Gendler

• A four part (one page) ceremony that can be read in the morning or at your Passover Seder. Written by Rabbi David Seidenberg. For more materials go to www.neohasid.org.

• The Birkat Hahammah Prayers. http://www.kehillaton.com/en/docs/birkat_hachama.pdf

• Ritualwell: Extensive resources for Birkat Hachammah, including individual components for customizing the service: http://www.ritualwell.org/holidays/sitefolder.2008-09-16.5411107743/

• A modern energy-related service written by Rabbi Arthur Waskow

• This is a copy of the Blessing of the Sun ceremony from Rabbi Joel Margaretten in Eger, Hungary in 1897 which took place that year on April 7th. Rabbi Margaretten is the great-great grandfather of Rabbi Michael Margaretten Cohen, the Director of Special Projects for the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies and co-founder of the Green Zionist Alliance.

• The National Library of Israel has assembled a virtual exhibit of resume service, books, pamphlets and posters connected with this event. The exhibit, in Hebrew, can be accessed at: http://jnul.huji.ac.il/heb/birkat-hahama/

Beyond the Morning
• Passover materials to connect Birkat HaHammah with Passover - which begins the night of April 8.

• Massekhet Hahammah - Tractate of the sun: a thematically arranged compendium of classic Jewish texts regarding the sun with accompanying study questions.

• Click here for a Complete Birchat Hachamah Guide