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size=2>From: "kennethgmiller@juno.com" <A
href="mailto:kennethgmiller@juno.com">kennethgmiller@juno.com</A><BR><BR><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.[--RMG]<BR><BR><BR>.....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.<BR><BR><BR>Akiva
Miller</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>IIRC in the book *The Bamboo Cradle* the father (who adopted a Chinese girl
and subsequently the family became frum -- if you haven't read it, you should,
very inspiring) writes that he was told he could never touch his daughter --
except on her wedding day, when he bensht her I guess for the first and last
time. (There are more lenient opinions re adopted children -- I mention
this only in the context of a kallah receiving a bracha) I don't think he
mentions who gave him that psak.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"
PTSIZE="10"><BR><B>--Toby Katz<BR>==========<BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0
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