Almost all of TB Taanit 5b relates a conversation between Naḥman and Rabbi Yitzḥak. After the meal Rav Naḥman and Rabbi Yitzḥak parted ways. Rav Naḥman asked Rabbi Yitzḥak for blessing. One the most beautiful blessings you can bless somebody concludes on today’s daf TB Taanit 6.
“The Gemara
relates: When they were taking leave of one another, Rav Naḥman said
to Rabbi Yitzḥak: Master, give me a blessing. Rabbi Yitzḥak said
to him: I will tell you a parable. To what is this matter comparable? It is
comparable to one who was walking through a desert and who was hungry,
tired, and thirsty. And he found a tree whose fruits were sweet and whose shade
was pleasant, and a stream of water flowed beneath it. He ate from the
fruits of the tree, drank from the water in the stream, and sat
in the shade of the tree.
“And when he
wished to leave, he said: Tree, tree, with what shall I bless you? If I say to
you that your fruits should be sweet, your fruits are already sweet; if I say that
your shade should be pleasant, your shade is already pleasant; if I
say that a stream of water should flow beneath you, a stream of water
already flows beneath you. Rather, I will bless you as follows: May
it be God’s will that all saplings which they plant from you be
like you. So it is with you. With what shall I bless you? If I bless
you with Torah, you already have Torah; if I bless you with
wealth, you already have wealth; if I bless you with children,
you already have children. Rather, may it be God’s will that your
offspring shall be like you.”
(Sefaria.org translation)
I have blessed worthy the brides and
grooms underneath this huppah with this blessing.
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