A few days ago, we picked the first 2 figs off our fig tree. This morning, I ate the bigger one, and it was delicious! One of the Biblical expressions for living in peace and harmony is that all the people sit under their own vine and fig tree. Well, we don't have any vines yet, but we do have a lovely fig tree (although it has branched out very low to the ground), and it feels really good to eat our very own figs from it, real products of "The Land". And so we bless:
ברוך אתה, יי אלוהניו, מלך העולם, שהחיינו וקיימנו והגיענו לזמן הזה.
Baruch Ata, Adonai Eloheinu, melech ha-olam, shehekhianu v'kiyamanu v'higianu la'zman ha-zeh.
Blessed are You, Adonai our God, ruler of the universe, who has kept us alive and sustained us and brought us to this time.
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