It’s an altruistic brachah, entirely l’Sheim Shamayim
At a badeken, the father of the kallah (and often the father of the chassan) bless the kallah. The ancient custom used to be that the elders of the city gave the kallah a brachah. What brachah is given? This blessing that Lavan gave Rivkah.
A person might ask — of all the blessings in the Torah, this is what we say to a kallah immediately before her chuppah? We emulate the conniving Lavan? It seems strange, to say the least! (Rabbi Yissocher Frand, Torah.org)
The breeze was blowing softly, and I relaxed on the bench. With the long days of home schooling, taking the kids out to the park has become a survival mechanism. My enjoyment brightened even more when my neighbor, Temima, settled on the next bench. We exchanged news and inevitably the conversation veered into Top Trending Topic: COVID.
“You know what I miss most?” sighed Temima.
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