Shehecheyanu

The Shehecheyanu berakhah (blessing) (Hebrew: ברכת שהחיינו, "Who has given us life") is a common Jewish prayer to celebrate special occasions. It expresses gratitude to God for new and unusual experiences or possessions.^[1] The blessing was recorded in the Talmud^[2] over 1500 years ago.

^ Isaac Klein, A Guide to Jewish Religious Practice, The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, New York, 1979, p. 48: "Whenever we experience something new, such as eating fruit for the first time in its season, the advent of a holiday, or a joyous occasion in the family, we recite שֶׁהֶחֱיָנוּ וְקִיְּמָנוּ וְהִגִיעָנוּ לַזְּמַן הַזֶּה"
^ Berachot 54a, Pesakhim 7b, Sukkah 46a, etc.

[Klein-1] Isaac Klein, A Guide to Jewish Religious Practice, The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, New York, 1979, p. 48: "Whenever we experience something new, such as eating fruit for the first time in its season, the advent of a holiday, or a joyous occasion in the family, we recite שֶׁהֶחֱיָנוּ וְקִיְּמָנוּ וְהִגִיעָנוּ לַזְּמַן הַזֶּה"

[2] Berachot 54a, Pesakhim 7b, Sukkah 46a, etc.

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