The subhead reads, “The Priestly Blessing,” because: “The Lord said to Moses, ‘Tell Aaron and his sons, “This is how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them: “The Lord bless you ...

The bulk of the Friday night blessing consists of the priestly blessing derived from Bamidbar: The LORD bless you and protect you! The LORD deal kindly and graciously with you! The LORD bestow His ...

A blessing (from to bless, Old English bleodsian or bletsian) originally meant "sprinkling with blood" during the pagan sacrifices, the Blóts (reference: AHD). A blessing, (also used to refer to ...