What is a Blessing?
A Heideggerian Meditation on an Ancient Practice
The Torah records many instances of people blessing others. Malchizedek blesses Abraham. Isaac blesses his sons. Jacob blesses his sons. Yitro blesses Moses. Aaron blesses the people.
God also blesses people.
Yet most Jewish ritualized Jewish blessings involves the formulation, “Blessed are you, Lord, our God...” An average day in Jewish life involves bl…
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