14 Aug 2017
Deuteronomy 8:10 reads in Hebrew:
“v’achalta v’savata u’verachta et Adonai Elohecha al ha’aretz ha’tovah asher natan lach.”
This verse is the proof text for the commandment to offer thanks (blessing) after a meal. That blessing is known as Birkat Ha’Mazon.
It is often said that all translation is midrash and, because of its many structural ambiguities, translation from Hebrew of...