Early Image of Jesus Found in Egyptian Tomb

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8. A memory from childhood

Growing up in attendance at a Reform congregation, this blessing was said by our rabbi at the end of each Friday night service. Children in the congregation with birthdays that week were invited up, and the rabbi would recite a translation that went something like this:

May the Lord bless you and keep you
May the Lord cause his countenance to shine down upon you and be gracious unto you
May the Lord lift up his countenance upon you
And grant you peace

That marked the end of every service, and the one time a year when you got to go up seemed so special. No splitting of the fingers, though, that I remember, though I've seen that image. You are correct.