Genesis 14:19–20, He blessed him. According to Jewish tradition based on Genesis 14:18–20 and the example of Yeshua in the Testimony of Yeshua, we are to bless YHVH before partaking of a meal (Mark 8:7), and according to YHVH’s Torah instructions, his people are to thank him for the food after a meal is completed (Deut 8:10).

The B’rakhah is a traditional Jewish blessing which is recited or sung before a meal involving the blessing and breaking of the bread of fellowship followed by the blessing of and the drinking of the fruit of the vine.