창세기 12:3의 Responsa
וַאֲבָֽרֲכָה֙ מְבָ֣רְכֶ֔יךָ וּמְקַלֶּלְךָ֖ אָאֹ֑ר וְנִבְרְכ֣וּ בְךָ֔ כֹּ֖ל מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת הָאֲדָמָֽה׃
너를 축복하는 자에게는 내가 복을 내리고 너를 저주하는 자에게는 내가 저주하리니 땅의 모든 족속이 너를 인하여 복을 얻을 것이니라 하신지라
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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