The fourth benediction in the Birkat HaMazon,
The Blessing After the Meal,
Is the hatov
vehamaytiv.
It is also recited upon,
Among other reasons,
Hearing good news concerning others
and
For the drinking of a second cup of very
good wine:
May each good thing be like that
second cup of wine.
Even better than the first one, which maybe
you drank too fast?
This second cup has all the familiar and
comfortable flavors,
But having breathed a little
It offers up so much more nuance and
pleasure
Than that first cup ever could.
Good things do happen.
Amen
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