1)

What are the connotations of "Yevarech'cha Hashem Veyishm'recha"?

1.

Rashi #1 and Seforno: 'Hashem will bless you with wealth 1 and guard it against robbers'. 2

2.

Rashi #2 (in his initial manuscript): 'Hashem will bless you with sons and with daughters' - since daughters require protection'.

3.

Ramban (according to Kabalah): Hashem will bless you from above 3 and guard you - like Zachor and Shamor, respectively..

4.

Ba'al ha'Turim: "It corresponds to Avraham Avinu. 4

5.

Targum Yonasan: 'Hashem will bless all your business dealings and guard you against all kinds of demons'. 5

6.

Sifri: 'He will bless you with the B'rachos written explicitly in the Torah 6 - as the Pasuk writes in Ki Savo Devarim, 28:3 "Baruch Atah ba'Ir u'Varuch Atah ba'Sadeh ..."; and He will adhere to the B'ris that He made with your fathers. 7


1

Seforno: Because 'If there is no flour there is no Torah' (Avos, 3:17). See also Ba'al ha'Turim.

2

Rashi: To safeguard the first B'rachah - something that a human benefactor is unable to guarantee.

3

See R. Chavel's footnotes.

4

"Yevarech'cha" corresponds to Avraham, "Ya'er" to Yitzchak and "Yisa" to Ya'akov. See Ba'al ha'Turim here and on Pasuk 25 & 26.

5

See Peirush Yonasan.

6

See Torah Temimah, note 144 and Oznayim la'Torah in Pasuk 26 DH 'Veyasem l'cha Shalom'.

7

Sifri (ibid.); See Eikev Devarim, 7:12. See also Torah Temimah, who discusses a number of D'rashos that the Chachamim made on the current Pasuk.

2)

Seeing as the Kohanim are blessing the community, why are the B'rachos said in the singular?

1.

Ha'amek Davar: Because although the B'rachah is communal, each person receives the B'rachah according to his desert.

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