Brachos are not just reserved for Elul; throughout the year, we’ve been privileged to receive brachos from various sources
We generally start with giving each other the brachah of GEFEN, the Yiddish acronym for Gezundt, Parnassah, Nachas. The Basics.
Next, details. All our bakashos should be answered. Hashem should grant us everything we ask for — and He should also give us the things we don’t even realize we need.
Then we move on to our half-serious, half-joking family brachah: We should kimmen tzum seichel (come to our senses) bimheirah beyameinu (quickly and in our days.) Umein!
On to the next brachah: we should celebrate simchahs together. Which brings us to… swimming — we should celebrate simchahs and “schvim-chas”! (Ever notice that in Hebrew the words for pool and blessing — bereichah and brachah — are almost identical?)
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