Commentary for Berakhot 31:18
והתניא הפועלים שהיו עושים מלאכה אצל בעל הבית קורין ק"ש ומתפללין ואוכלין פתן ואין מברכים לפניה אבל מברכין לאחריה שתים כיצד ברכה ראשונה כתקונה שניה פותח בברכת הארץ וכוללין בונה ירושלים בברכת הארץ
And so there is a teaching : Labourers who are working for an employer should read the Shema' say the Tefillah, then eat their meal, but should not say Grace before it, only two benedictions after it. How is this meant? The first benediction as ordained; the second commences with the benediction of "the land," and they include "Who... rebuildest Jerusalem" in the benediction of "the land."
Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
The Grace before meals is not a Pentateuchal ordinance, but the Grace after meals is. Cf. fol. 48 b.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
What are the two benedictions?
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
Singer, p. 280, "Blessed art Thou. ..Who givest food unto all."
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
Ibid. "We thank Thee" and p. 282 "And rebuild Jerusalem." These two benedictions are to be condensed into one.
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