[Avodah] Mi Ban Siach

[Arie Folger]

Hi,

I just discovered the follwing unfinished reply in my drafts folder,
which I am now submitting.

RZS wrote:
> now that I think of it shouldn't be a problem; first we invoke
> Hashem's blessings, and only then those of a basar vadam.

Even better, we call up9on the gedol hatzibbur, the talmid 'hakham, to
pronounce G"d's blessing upon the couple, IOW bridge between Mi Adir
and the couple, or draw them close, at this solemn moment, to the Mi
Adir. These are, therefore, two matching lines, because they are two
parts of a whole. Hence the similar ending (hu yevarekh).

RMB wrote:
> I already mentioned why I reached a different conclusion. The medrash
compares the mevareikh to the shoshan itself. So then why, "Mi bon"?

No, the Shoshan is Knesset Yisrael and siach Shoshan 'hokhim is the
talk of the Shoshan, i.e. Torah. So who knows Torah best? The talmid
'hakham, and he comes to pronounce the blessings. That is also in line
with the gemara about what a talmmid 'hakham needs o know, according
to R' 'Hananya bar Shlamya in the name of Rav
(http://he.wikisource.org/wiki/%D7%97%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9F_%D7%98_%D7%90
).

Kol tuv,
-- 
Arie Folger,
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