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Shavua Tov: Bread from the Earth – An Extended Blessing

A font of blessing are You, Creator powering spacetime, Who brings forth bread from the earth.


A font of blessing is the stalk of wheat billowing in the wind, eagerly awaiting to be cut from the earth.


A font of blessing is the migrant farmworker, who cuts wheat from the earth.


A font of blessing is the tractor, hauling bales of wheat from the field.


A font of blessing is the storehouse for the wheat from the field.


A font of blessing is the farmer who grinds bales of wheat from the storehouse.


A font of blessing is the bread company which buys the grain.


A font of blessing is the trucker hauling bales of wheat bought from the farmer.


A font of blessing is the bead of sweat dripping from the brow of the factory worker who mixes flour, water and yeast in a large vat.


A font of blessing is the factory equipment which churns the flour, water and yeast into a gooey dough.


A font of blessing is the bead of sweat dripping from the brow of the factory worker who shapes the dough into loaves and serves it into a massive oven.


A font of blessing is the oven which heats the dough into a miracle.


A font of blessing is the packaging which preserves the miracle.


Fonts of blessing are the markets that purchase myriads of miracles.


Fonts of blessing are the truckers who transport the miracles.


Fonts of blessing are the stockers who unload the miracles from their trucks.


Fonts of blessing are the stockers who place miracles on shelves.


Fonts of blessing are we for the miracle of placing miracles in shopping carts.


Fonts of blessing are the cashiers for scanning and bagging miracles.


Fonts of blessing are we for the miracle of having the wherewithal to purchase miracles and place them on our shelves.


Fonts of blessing are those who provide bread for those without the wherewithal to purchase miracles.


Fonts of blessing are the moms and dads who slap peanut butter and jelly onto miracles and feed them to their little miracles.


Fonts of blessing are the ones who bless the One who brought forth bread from the earth.

A font of blessing is the earth from which all bounty flows.


A font of blessing are You, Creator powering spacetime, Who partners with creation to bring forth bread from the earth.


Shavua Tov.

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