faster, one might say, than even such blessings bestowed by Hashem Himself. But how can this be, and why should this be the case? Why, in fact, do blessings of any kind take any time at all to be fulfilled? Don’t the fruits and fulfillment of all blessing come from the same source—Hashem, the Almighty—and can’t those blessing be fulfilled and granted in the wink including the Kohanim in the Priestly of any eye? Human blessings and Blessing be a case of Rabbi Yishmael commitments to help someone may showing favor to the Kohanim?) In sometimes take time; but shouldn’t a order to understand this, we have to blessing that comes from Hashem be take a closer look at the very concept of fulfilled immediately? blessing. The deeper understanding of what A blessing—a beracha—is an a blessing from Hashem is, is that such outflowing of kindness and goodness a blessing has a profound effect on the from Hashem. The word “beracha” entire scheme of Creation, from the implies this; the word is used, for supernal World of Emanation (Atzilut) example, to describe a grafting of a that is the first world through which vine by another vine so that the life of Hashem relates to the Universe He one vine can flow into and give life to created, and then through the many another vine. A blessing thus represents myriad chambers and aspects of the the flowing of Chesed—kindness— other levels or “Worlds” of Creation, from above, from the source, to one in so that the blessing should really be need. What flows may be health to one beneficial to the person blessed. In those who is sick; a child to a couple who is Worlds, the blessing deals with the barren; understanding to one who is many spiritual elements of the world confused. This is also why the Mitzvah and of life, so that when it ultimately of blessing the people was assigned reaches the person, it can be accepted to the Kohanim. The Kohanim are and applied to the material needs that the very personification of Chesed, the person has. And this takes time— kindness. The Kohein gives the sinner time for the person to prepare to receive an opportunity to repent and find the blessing, and time for the worlds forgiveness—and he will bestow his to adjust to what the blessings call blessing on the People “Be-ahava”— upon them to do to make the blessing “with love,” as the blessing the Kohein meaningful, effective—and real. recites before he performs this mitzvah Here’s something else seemingly says. He bestows the blessing without strange that that this may clear up: judgment and without demands—he We say that the fate of every person is lovingly blesses the Children of Israel determined on Rosh Hashanah, down no matter whether the blessing is to how much they will have to eat in the deserved or not. coming year. So why do we continue Though this quality—the flow to pray to Hashem for sustenance of Chesed—is characteristic of all throughout the year, if the decision blessings, there is something special and has already been made? The answer is: unique about the blessing of Kohanim. we pray throughout the year that we The blessings of the Kohanim, say the will make ourselves fit to receive the Kabbalists, are fulfilled with lightening blessing from the upper World—we speed—faster than all other blessings; pray that the way we live our lives will
The blessings of the Kohanim find their way to their recipients quickly and without the grinding of the wheels of the upper worlds.
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