Additionally, there are 5 blessings said after eating different foods: Birkat Hamazon, Al Hamichya, Al Hagaphen, Al Ha’eitz and Borei Nefashos.
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# a long blessing (matbe'a arokh, "long formula"), in which the opening is followed by a more elaborate text, for example, in the first section of the Birkat Hamazon (Grace after Meals), after which a concluding blessing formula is recited at the end of the prayer, for example, Barukh Atah Adonai ha-zan et ha-kol ("Blessed are You, Lord, Who feeds all").
In North America, special "bencher pens" have a pull tab which reveals a scrolled paper containing the text of the Birkat Hamazon prayer.
One such application appears in the laws relating to grace after meals.
In addition, many of the specific details of the Biblical mitzvot are only derived via rabbinical application of the Oral Torah (Mishna/Gemarah); for example, the reading of the Shema (Deuteronomy 6:4-7), the binding of the tefillin and the fixing of the mezuzah (Deuteronomy 6:8-9), and the saying of Grace After Meals (Deuteronomy 8:10).
During the meal, three men should not sit together so they will not have to recite the Grace after Meals as a group.
For example, the calendar date changes, and a meal eaten now includes the new day's additions in Grace after Meals (except at the conclusion of the Sabbath).
Birchon, widely known by its Yiddish name "bentscher", a small book appropriate for use at the table containing the Birkat HaMazon, Grace after Meals, and frequently other prayers and songs recited at a Shabbat or holiday table such as Kiddush and Zemirot.