Blessing of the Stew Pot

Blessed be the Creator and all creative hands which plant and harvest, pack and haul and hand over sustenance—

Blessed be carrot and cow, potato and mushroom, tomato and bean, parsley and peas onion and thyme, garlic and bay leaf, pepper and water, marjoram and oil, and blessed be fire—

and blessed be the enjoyment of nose and eye, and blessed be color—

and blessed be the Creator for the miracle of red potato, for the miracle of green bean, for the miracle of fawn mushrooms and blessed be God for the miracle of earth:

ancestors, grass, bird, deer and all gone, wild creatures whose bodies became carrots, peas, and wild flowers, who give sustenance to human hands, whose agile dance of music nourishes the ear and soul of the dog resting under the stove and the woman working over the stove and the geese out the open window strolling in the backyard.

And blessed be God for all, all, all. 

(Alla Renee Bozarth)


haggadah Section: Bareich
Source: Alla Renee Bozarth