Chayei Sarah 24:60 · unit 1

Parashas Chayei Sarah · Passuk 24:60

The Complete Passuk

וַיְבָרְכ֤וּ אֶת־רִבְקָה֙ וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ לָ֔הּ אֲחֹתֵ֕נוּ אַ֥תְּ הֲיִ֖י לְאַלְפֵ֣י רְבָבָ֑ה וְיִירַ֣שׁ זַרְעֵ֔ךְ אֵ֖ת שַׁ֥עַר שֹׂנְאָֽיו׃

And they blessed Rivkah and said to her, “O sister! May you grow into thousands of myriads; may your descendants seize the gates of their foes.”

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Kesubos 7b (birchas chasanim).

TT lemma: ויברכו את רבקה.

Sefaria — Kesubos 7b

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
תַּנְיָא, מִנַּיִן לְבִרְכַּת חֲתָנִים מִן הַתּוֹרָה? שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר וַיְבָרְכוּ אֶת רִבְקָה.

English: It was taught: Whence do we know that the blessing of bridegrooms is from the Torah? As it is said “And they blessed Rivkah.”

On the daf / in context: The verse is cited as an asmachta for the practice of birchas chasanim; Tosafot note that the plain sense is not the formal sheva berachos, yet the language supplies a Torah root for blessing the couple.

Type of Learning

Custom (Bavli — Torah source for blessing the bride)

What Is Learned

Blessing a bride (and by extension the wedding blessings) has a Torah basis in the blessing given to Rivkah by her family.