Hatboxes glossary: "Shir Ha-ma’alot" (A Song of Ascents)

hand-rendered sheet music for the beginning of Psalm 126

The tune that Nadine sings in the Sabbath dinner scene in Hatboxes is Psalm 126 ("A song of ascents:  When the Lord brought back those that returned to Zion, we were like unto them that dream.").  It gets sung before the Grace after the Meal (Hebrew: ברכת  המזון, "Birkat ha-Mazon").  The prayers may be found in a small book called a bencher.

bencher

Do you say grace before or after your meals?