[Avodah] Friday Nighr blessings

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It has been acknowledged that the Bircat Habanim is a Minhag (perhaps from the time of Yaakov, Ephraim and Menasheh), but may not apply to children who already have their own households.???At all the?Erev Shabbat meals that I have attended as a guest I have seen the Baal Habayit bless their children regardless?of age or marital status.?? Since this is a Minhag, I would be interested in the experience and action of other people on this list.?? I bless my daughter after which she blesses her three year old son.?? To me this is a true representation of Mesorah (though only Minhag) and?the embodiment of our people's timelessness, as hopefully my daughter will bless her eventual grown son and he will then?turn around and bless his children.?? Finally, do we have? a source as to how old Ephratm and Menashe were at the time of their blessings from Yaakov and?if they had families at that time?

Kol Tov,

Stu Grant?
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