Responsa for Genesis 12:3
וַאֲבָֽרֲכָה֙ מְבָ֣רְכֶ֔יךָ וּמְקַלֶּלְךָ֖ אָאֹ֑ר וְנִבְרְכ֣וּ בְךָ֔ כֹּ֖ל מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת הָאֲדָמָֽה׃
And I will bless them that bless thee, and him that curseth thee will I curse; and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.’
Shut min haShamayim
They responded: Both these and these are sinners. The people, who do not call on the priests to bless them, seem like they do not care for the blessing of their Heavenly Father. And the same can be said for the priests, who do not recite the blessing on their own accord2This is similar to the opinion of R. Manoach ben Yaakov, cited in Beit Yosef, Orach Chaim 128. For the Torah says "I will bless those who bless you" (Genesis 12:3) - this implies that the inverse is also true.
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