
The Meaning of a Blessing
Verses in Tanach
Ibn Ezra Bereishit 2:3
Ramban Bereishit 1:28
Seforno Bereishit 12:2
Talmud / Midrash and commentaries
Berachot 7a
Megilah 15a
Bereishit Rabbah 39:11
Post Talmud / Midrash, Pre-Rishonim
Mishneh Torah and commentaries
Rishonim [Pre-"Code of Jewish Law"]
Beit Elokim [Mabit] Shaar haTefillah 5, 20
Kad haKemach "Berachah"
Rashba 1:408; 5:50-51
Tur, Shulchan Aruch ["Code of Jewish Law"] and Commentaries
Acharonim [Post-"Code of Jewish Law"]
Nefesh haChaim Shaar 2
Pele Yo'etz p. 49-55
Rabbeinu Yerucham [Levovitz] vol.3 pg.104
Sefer haChinuch Mitzvah 430
Recent Authorities
Michtav MeiEliyahu 3:79, 3:81, 3:273
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