The Seven Blessings

Contemporary Translations

(click here for a transliteration and literal translation of the Hebrew)

Copyright Yitzhak Miller

Elul, 5759, September 1999

Permission granted to use for non-profit purposes provided author credit is given

Blessing 1:  For the Cup of Joy

Through this cup of wine, we sanctify this holy marriage, and affirm our faith and hope in joyous reverence for another union of souls.  Blessed are you, Adonai our God, ruler of the universe, who creates the fruit of the vine.

Blessing 2:  For Creation

You have brought us together to celebrate another blessed moment in the eternity of your universe.  Blessed are you, Adonai our God, ruler of the universe, who creates everything for a holy purpose.

Blessing 3:  For Humanity

Within your holy universe, you have created humanity as the caretakers of your world, and with the unique ability to assist the fulfillment of your divine mission.  Blessed are you, Adonai our God, ruler of the universe, who fashions humanity.

Blessing 4:  For Humanity’s Divine Purpose

You have created humanity in your image.  You have blessed humanity with the knowledge of holiness, and all the capabilities necessary to fulfill our holy mission.  Blessed are you, Adonai, who fashions humanity.

Blessing 5:  For Family

You have taught us the sanctity of family, and entrusted us with the responsibility to bring into this world the next generation of your servants.  You have given us the divine ability to transcend time by leaving our children a legacy of holiness.  Blessed are you, Adonai, who gladdens the children of Israel throughout the generations.

Blessing 6:  For Companionship

As in the Garden of Eden, you have provided a companion for our souls, and given us love by which to know this companion.  May this love provide for us a continuous and stable foundation for this consecrated union.  May our personal strengths inspire each other to unknown heights.  Blessed are you, Adonai, who gladdens groom and bride.

Blessing 7:  For the Couple’s Responsibility

Having blessed this couple to each other, may their marriage be consecrated to your service, and to the service of your holy community.  May their joy, gladness, mirth, pleasure, delight, love, peace, satisfaction, and companionship be an inspiration to everyone they touch.  May they, together, be a blessing to those around them and to the world around them; and may their union give them abilities together that transcend their individual potential.  Blessed are you, Adonai our God, ruler of the universe, who gladdens groom and bride.

Andrea Shively & Michelle Allen

October 2008 

Blessing 1:  For the Cup of Joy

Through this cup of wine, we sanctify this holy marriage, and affirm our faith and hope in joyousness, for this union. Blessed are you who created the fruit of the vine.

Blessing 2:  For Creation

You have brought us together to celebrate another blessed moment. Blessed are you, God, who shapes the universe

Blessing 3:  For Humanity

Within your holy universe, you have created humanity as the caretakers of your world. Blessed is the Creation of the human being

Blessing 4:  For Divine Purpose

Blessed is the design of the human being developing our wisdom we may become god-like. We are assembled from the very fabric of the universe and are composed of eternal element. Blessed be and Blessed is our creation.

Blessing 5:  For Family

Rejoice and be glad you who wandered homeless in joy have you gathered with your sisters and your brothers. Blessed is the joy of our gathering.

Blessing 6:  For Companionship

Bestow happiness on these loving women as would creatures feel in Eden’s garden. May your personal strengths inspire each other to unknown heights. Blessed be the joy of lovers.

Blessing 7:  For Love

Blessed is the creation of joy and celebration, lover and mate, gladness and jubilation, pleasure and delight, love and solidarity, friendship and peace. Soon may we hear in the streets of the city and the paths of the fields, the voice of joy, the voice of gladness, the voice of lover, the voice of mate, the triumphant voice of lovers from the canopy and the voice of youths from their feasts of song. Blessed Blessed Blessed is the joy of lovers one with each other.