Archive: January 2022

Birkat Gomel – Reciting a Blessing after the attack at Congregation Beth Israel

Posted on January 23, 2022

People will often say that we Jews have a blessing or a prayer for every occasion – and they’d be right. Whatever happens there is a blessing to be said, praising and thanking God. When a person survives a near death experience, they recite Birkat Gomel. God is thanked for rewarding the undeserving with goodness, Continue Reading »