HaMotzi

Text

בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, הַמּוֹצִיא לֶחֶם מִן הָאָרֶץ.

Transliteration

Baruch ata Adonaj, Elohejnu melech ha-olam, ha-moci lechem min ha-arec.

Translation

Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the universe, who brings forth bread from the earth.

The Hebrew liturgical text is in the public domain; the translation is original.

Halakhah

The Mishnah lists this blessing among the blessings over foods. The wording draws on the psalm: “to bring forth bread from the earth”.^1,2

Minhag

Before the blessing the hands are washed with the blessing al netilat yadayim. The bread is usually dipped in salt or sprinkled with it.

Minhag⁂ To verify

The wording is identical in all rites; customs differ around cutting the challah (e.g. the number of challot, the way it is divided).