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A birchon also birkon (plural: birchonim or birkonim) is a booklet of prayers based around a particular event such as the Jewish sabbath. The most common form is Birkat Hamazon often titled סדר ברכת המזון - Seder Birkat Hamazon〔See Artscroll Illustrated Birchon - English Translation, Artscroll, 1996〕 (Order of Grace after Meals) in Hebrew. Some editions actually have the Birkat Hamazon prayer in the back, appearing almost as an afterthought.〔See זְמִירוֺת שַׁבָּת (Zemirot Shabbat) by Feldheim Publishers, 1984, Israel, p. נו (last page).〕〔(Frum Satire ) blog entry about difficulty finding Birkath Hamazon.〕 Birchonim are commonly known as bentchers in Yiddish in the Ashkenazi community, and in places heavily influenced by Ashkenazi Jews. Birchonim are used widely in the various religious and traditional communities of Jews, such as Orthodox, Sephardic, Conservative, Mizrahi, Chassidic, Orthodox Feminist,〔See Shaarei Simcha, Adena Berkowitz and Rivka Haut, Ktav Publishing.〕 as well as other communities. Birchonim are often decorated with scrollwork, illuminations, pictorial backgrounds on each page, photo pages and by other means. This is in the tradition of ''hiddur mitzvah'', or beautification of the mitzvah. == Common features == Birchonim, particularly those of the common Birkat Hamazon variety often share in common prayers which are said on a daily, weekly, annual, or intermittent basis, such as * Hadlakat Nerot of Shabbath - Sabbath eve candle lighting * Hadlakat Nerot of Yom Tov - Holiday eve candle lighting * Shalom Aleihem * Eisheth Hayil - Proverbs 31 * Birkath Habanim - Blessing the Children * Sabbath Eve Kiddush * Sabbath Morning Kiddush * Kiddush for various occasions * Zemiroth for Sabbath Eve * Zemiroth (Songs) for Sabbath Day * Zemiroth (Songs) for Seudah Shelishith (The Third Meal) * Zemiroth (Songs) for Melaveh Malkah * Habdala - Ending the Shabbath or Yom Tob * Birkath Hamazon (Grace) at the banquet of Circumcision * Birkath Hamazon (Grace) at the Wedding Banquet * Sheba Berakhoth - The Seven (Nuptial) Blessings * Blessings before all foods * Blessings after foods without bread 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Birchon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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