[Avodah] Birchot Habanim and Negiah

[David Cohen]

R' Moshe Y. Gluck wrote:
> I've seen - IIRC, twice - a Rov put his hand on the head
> of an (unrelated) Kallah to give her a Berachah. I assume
> that they did not consider it Derech Chibah.

Let me start off by making two educated guesses about this situation:

A) It was probably around the time of the bedeken; in my experience that's
when the brachos are given. If so, it was prior to the kiddushin.

B) Any rav who is close enough to the kallah to give her a bracha would
probably have been the Mesader Kiddushin, or would otherwise have been close
enough to know whether or not this was a Chupas Nidah, and I'll presume that
it was not.

If those two guesses are correct, then the kallah would not have been an
ervah to the rav.

I'm not saying that this is enough to justify the negiah, and I'm also not
saying that it is *not* enough to justify it. My only point is that neither
consideration applies to a father-in-law giving brachos to his
daughter-in-law on a typical Friday Night, and so RMYG's story is not
relevant to answer it.
Akiva Miller

I have to agree with RAM that RMYG's evidence is not applicable, since, as
pointed out, a bracha at the bedken may be a different and unusual
circumstance.
So that leaves the original question: can anyone point to some sources, or
otherwise share some insights?

Shabbat shalom
David I. Cohen
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