Sentence examples for say a blessing from inspiring English sources

At the end of the public reading of the story of Esther we say a blessing: "Blessed are you, God, who takes up our grievance, judges our claim and avenges the wrongs against us.

Or is it, rather — as Monk might say — a blessing and a curse?

At one point, Menahem pauses to say a blessing over a pickle.

Speaking of his initial days on campus, Mr. Jansen tells the story of white students who asked if they could say a blessing for him.

And yes, some of them adhere to the dietary laws of Passover (several players passed on cereal bars before a recent game), but no, they do not say a blessing over the wine at their postmatch parties.

They also say a blessing before dinner every night, and on Fridays they light antique silver Sabbath candlesticks that his family brought with them when they emigrated from Europe.

Last evening, my family said a blessing before supper, giving thanks for the food we were about to eat.

A metal shop in Brooklyn made the mezuzahs and shipped them uptown, and a rabbi said a blessing over each one as it was installed.

Some eat the nonhalal meat served daily in school cafeterias, some eat it only after saying a blessing over it and others do not eat it at all.

After the chaplain pronounced them husband and wife, said a blessing and an "Amen," Ms. Spoor grinned as if she had beat the devil at cards.

"I considered doing a sea ritual: making a little boat, lighting a candle, saying a blessing and sending the CD's out to sea," she said.