Why Jewish parents pass a faith blessing to their children from a grandparent each week

Every Friday night, Jewish families do what we have done thousands of years ago. We sit at this moment we expected throughout the week: Saturday dinner.

Before the meal, we are involved in some ritual practices. The woman’s woman lights up on Saturday candles, which are practiced on the holy day. We welcome Saturday in the song, and bless God for wine and bread, and we set (from Psalms 31) the Jewish woman.

The best part – the moment you win the highest anticipation rate throughout the week – is when we bless our children. It is a very wonderful moment so that the Jewish father, by placing his hands on the child, can feel the presence of God on the Sabbath table. (See the video at the top of this article.)

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The blessing that we make on our daughters is: “God may make you like Sarah, Rebecca, Rashil and Lih.” This is easily understood.

This is our the mom – The most prominent women in the Book of Genesis.

The blessing that our children give is very different.

We say: “God may make you like Ephraim and Minsy.”

The observer will not be blamed for saying: “Who?”

After all, Ephraim and Minas are of mysterious characters, to the point that they never speak a word in the entire Torah! Why, the observer may follow, do you not bless your children to be like Ibrahim, Joseph, Moses or King David?

The blessing of the Jewish children was given Friday night in the Torah – but not by the father. He gave the grandfather.

The truth is: the blessing only becomes strange. The blessing of the Jewish children was given Friday night in the Torah – but not by the father.

Grandfather, Jacob (also known as Israel).

So why, in the holiest moment of the week, the Jews do Parents Passing a blessing from grandfather to two mysterious grandchildren?

Because the Bible reveals something deep about human prosperity.

“In contrast to the name” Jacob “, which is rooted in the past, Israel is” the name to become. “This is the heart of the grandfather.” (Getty Images)

Ephraim and Minas are the only characters in Genesis who have a relationship with the grandfather.

And when Jacob blesses them, the Torah does not invite him to Jacob. He calls him Israel.

What is the importance? Let’s move on to the exit 1: 1: “These are the names of the sons of Israel at To Egypt. With Jacob – every man came With his family.

Use the text both of them The names of our Patriarch – Jacob and Israel – are adjusted by time accordingly. Unlike the name “Jacob”, which is rooted in the past, “Israel” is the name to become.

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This is the heart of the grandfather.

In Exodus, the Torah guides us to teach “your children and children”.

The tradition of the Torah is filled with grandparents ’stories-not as soft additions and dessert disorder, but as teachers, transmitters, moral teachers.

Grandfather, at its best, is a sacred invitation.

“Grandfather, at its best, is a sacred invitation. Science supports this.” (Istock)

Science supports this. Of nine million species or so on the face of the earth, creatures of only six live after childbearing age.

So the grandfather is a very rare phenomenon.

Why do humans live for a long time after raising their children?

In 1998, Professor Christine Hoks of Utah University discovered the answer: the grandmother’s hypothesis.

Active grandparents liberate the average generation to do more, especially to have additional children. Ancestors of the extension of the human story.

The grandchildren who approach grandparents are safer, better in school and less impulsive.

And everyone benefits.

Ancestrals who remain involved-but they are not full-time care providers-longer, and think more clearly and happier.

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The aging study in Berlin, which started in 1990 and tracked the aging participants for more than three decades, found that the ancestors who provided non -willful care of their grandchildren had a 37 % lower risk of death over 20 years compared to those who were less involved.

The Bible reveals “a deep thing about human prosperity.” (Istock)

The grandchildren who approach the ancestors are safer, better in school, less impulsive and less worried.

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Not nostalgia, but investing in what will happen next.

It may be tolerated with grandparents who always talk about how things were better “a day”.

But the grandfather who raises his enthusiasm for the dreams of his grandson and who helps in the tasks celebrate the features and passes through wisdom, remembers and simulates.

Mark Jerson is the author of the new book, “God was right” (June 2025). He says: “The grandfather, who lived with love and future orientation, is one of the strongest gifts – for all three generations.” (Fox News Digital)

For this reason Israelno YaaqoubIt gives the blessing.

For this reason, it is what we repeat every week.

God was right.

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Grandfather, who lives with love and future orientation, is one of the strongest gifts – for all three generations.

Mark Gerson’s new book “God was right: How modern social science proves that the Torah is correct,” It was published by Benbela Books and distributed by Simon & Schuster (June 2025). This article is the first in a series that appeared exclusively by Fox News Digital.