<p>R' Moshe Y. Gluck wrote:<br>> I've seen - IIRC, twice - a Rov put his hand on the head<br>> of an (unrelated) Kallah to give her a Berachah. I assume<br>> that they did not consider it Derech Chibah.</p>
<p>Let me start off by making two educated guesses about this situation:</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>If those two guesses are correct, then the kallah would not have been an ervah to the rav.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<div>Akiva Miller</div>
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<div>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. </div>
<div>So that leaves the original question: can anyone point to some sources, or otherwise share some insights?</div>
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<div>Shabbat shalom</div>
<div>David I. Cohen</div>