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hamotzi

hamotzi

1 9.9
A Jewish blessing that people say over bread before meals
  • noun
  • /hɑːmoʊtsi/
  • Jargon
: hamotzi
  • It is traditional for the father to say the hamotzi before the family starts eating.

Examples

  • Before each meal on Shabbat, we recite the hamotzi to bless the bread.

  • - Joel, please say the hamotzi.

    Beau Jest (2008)

  • During the Seder, we always say the hamotzi over the matzah before eating.

Surface Forms

hamotzi singular
hamotzis plural

Etymology

Hamotzi comes from a Hebrew phrase that means 'who brings out bread from the earth', with ha- and motzi showing the idea of 'bringing out'. So, hamotzi is the blessing people say before eating bread.