1.   Another, louder cheer follows several minutes later when the long-awaited man himself appears, postage-stamp sized, to say a blessing.

2.   At one point, Menahem pauses to say a blessing over a pickle.

3.   A drop of blood is drawn and appropriate blessings are said.

4.   He says a blessing over breakfast.

5.   In Daytona Beach, they are today saying their blessings for the left-hand turn.

6.   Light the candles, say the blessings, and by the time the candles are burned down, the cupcake will be soft enough to eat.

7.   She began by eating kosher food and saying a blessing before her meals.

8.   Sharon Jewell, president of the Wayne Board of Education, said a board member takes turns saying a blessing for guidance at the start of each meeting.

9.   Yakov then said a blessing over a cloth-covered loaf of braided challah, and the family sang a song of praise to Sylvia.

10.   The observant say blessings over them and the three other symbols and carry them in processions around synagogues.