Birkat Hamazon

Birkat Hamazon or Birkat Hammazon (Hebrew: ברכת המזון ;trans.Blessing on Nourishment), known in English as the Grace After Meals (Yiddish:בענטשן‎; translit. bentshn or "to bless", from Latin benedicere; Yinglish: Benching), is a set of Hebrew blessings that Jewish Halakha ("collective body of Jewish religious laws") prescribes following a meal that includes at least a ke-zayit (olive sized) piece of bread or matzoh made from one or all of wheat, barley, rye, oats, spelt. It is a mitzvah de-'oraita (Aramaic: דאורייתא), that is written in the Torah (Deuteronomy 8:10). It is a matter of rabbinic dispute whether birkat hamazon must be said after eating certain other bread-like foods such as pizza.